also if anyone knows why my keyboard keeps disconnecting every 30 minutes or so, i would very much like to know why. its an anne pro 2 that i am using with a wired connection

On Linux? If you search for about two hours you'll probably find a tutorial explaining how to fix it, spend two hours applying the fix, and then spend another two hours trying to find out why the fix didn't work.

Source: When I briefly had Linux, it took me an hour or two to find out how to install my programs, the method wouldn't work, then I'd spend another two hours trying to find out why the method failed, which in all fairness at least you can still find out why the method that was supposed to work didn't.