Questions about driver software. (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Scrimby@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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Hello, I was wondering about if there were any driver updating software that is

**-not adware

-for linux ** I am in a big predicament concerning this laptop i've had for awhile. one day the keyboard just stopped working, i've finally decided to check it again an here are some notes.

**-the ribbon is clean

-some keys do work, but they all press shift?

-the "j" key when pressed lights up the internet key??

-when said working keys are pressed, they constantly press the shift key and I have to restart the computer to get it to stop. **

I presume that it's the drivers being really corrupted? so TL:DR where can I find a driver troubleshooter/driver updating software. thank you for your time!

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[-] IntheMesh@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly OP, weird keyboard issues, especially on a laptop are very often hardware failures.

As for driver downloading software, Linux works far different from Windows in this sense. Linux drivers usually come packaged with the kernel and are otherwise downloaded through the repository of your relevant distribution, so you don't need any third party software.

You could boot into the bios and test the keys there. If they still don't work then its a hardware issue. Do you know how to get into the bios?

Edit: Also OP, if you do have issues in the future, please post them on https://lemmy.world/c/techsupport as this isn't really the right community.