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Setting desktop options for every desktop environment
My current system is Fedora Core 18 on an Asus notebook and I've been trying MATE and Cinnamon DEs. On my older installation I moved from Gnome3 to KDE.
Since I may use/try different DEs, I'd like to ...
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How can I automatically disable my laptop's built-in keyboard in X.org?
Distro and X.org Version Information
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 with xserver-xorg/quantal 1:7.7+1ubuntu4.
Disabling Built-In Keyboard in X11
I have a laptop with a built-in keyboard that no longer ...
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How to make Compose work in GTK and Qt apps?
I used Gnome for a long time, but preferred vanilla X input method (xim) over the default GTK behaviour. I just set GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE enviroment variables to xim, and didn't have any ...
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How to force release of a keyboard modifiers
Sometimes, when I use synergy between my machines when one is using full-screen VirtualBox guest I get stuck with some weird key modifiers turned on. If they exist on my keyboard (like Shift_L) I can ...
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How to change a keycode using setkeycodes
I have a Thinkpad Edge E130 running Sabayon (a Gentoo-based distro), and I'm fighting the well-know bug Xorg 255 keycodes limit.
My laptop has the Fn+F4 hotkey for Mic Mute/Unmute. This is the ...
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Configuring Xorg lvl5 symbols
I configured Lvl3 via editing /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/typo. But I found no documentation, how configure lvl5. I tried to add 2 more entries in this file, like this
key <AD05> { [NoSymbol, ...
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Create and set custom keyboard layout
I want to create and set a custom keyboard layout with setxkbmap. I created a file in ~/.xkb/prog with this content:
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "latin(type4)"
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K800 USB Wireless Keyboard - keyboard repeat rate intermittent problems
Any advice as to how to debug this:
My K800 USB Wireless Keyboard's repeat rate intermittently stops working.
It will start behaving erratically and when holding a key down it will either not repeat ...
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Duplicate keystrokes onto remote computer in realtime [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Share keyboard over network as separate device?
Sort of like a poor man's keyboard sharing. I've tried using Synergy and x2x but couldn't get them to work, so I decided ...
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What are/were the keys on a Sun keyboard for?
I have a Sun type 7 UNIX keyboard that I'd like to get more productivity out of. So what are those extra keys for, or rather, what were they intended for by Sun? And is there a way to approximate ...
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command line retrieve list of all valid kbd layouts, variants and toggle options (to use with setxkbmap)
Is there a way from command line to retrieve the list of all available
keyboard layouts and relative variants?
I need to list all the valid layout/variants choices to be used then from setxkbmap.
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Custom xkb layout in which one key creates two unicode code points
I am writing a new custom keyboard layout for Xorg, but there is one particular glyph which does not exist in Unicode. It is, however, easy to create it by using a standard letter plus a combining ...
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Preventing multiple keypresses from RF remote
I needed to replace a Gyration remote control (which was for controlling MythTV) and it is no longer made. So I got a Keyspan TSBX-2404. It works in the sense that it communicates with the box ...
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Fedora 17 language toggle key
I've just installed Fedora 17 a couple days ago. I set language and region to be English for system and I occasionally set them to be Japanese for user.
Problem is that the keyboard mapping is ...
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Can I disable dead keys for a single application?
I am unable to properly use dead key characters ( ' " ^ ) on (k)ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 in arduino (a processing based application, at least version 0022 and 1.0).
Can I disable dead keys for specific ...
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Can't change keyboard settings on Fedora 16
I want to swap the Ctrl and Caps Lock keys on my keyboard. I go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout Settings -> Options and check Swap Ctrl and Caps Lock under Ctrl Key Position. I check ...
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Why does the setxkbmap compose key mess with other keys?
I just found a tip to set the compose key manually:
setxkbmap -option compose:caps
Unfortunately, after running this several keypresses act as if the compose key had been pressed. For example, to ...
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setxkbmap for macbook pro (US)
I recently installed awesome on my ubuntu oneiric, a nice window manager. This doesn't seem to inherit the keyboard settings that were set in the Unity settings.
Now, the problem is, I can't seem to ...
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Is there a way to remap the AltGr key to Ctrl with setxkbmap?
I've already checked the option section in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst but I didn't find an entry for AltGr...
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How does X map from kernel key scan codes to a keysym?
According to this page there is no direct mapping from udev key mappings to X, it has its own mappings.
X has a (quasi) total independent way of mapping keys: X reads the kernel keycode table at ...
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Keyboard repeat without pressing a key
Occasionally a key repeats although I do not press the key. I would like to prevent this phenomenon.
The phenomenon happens when I am pressing Ctrl+w again and again. After several times of Ctrl+w, w ...
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Disabling caps lock by setxkbmap makes it Shift key in Emacs
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.2.1. within Xfce 4.8.0 (both coming from the Ubuntu Natty repository). I disable the CapsLock by running /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps" at the beginning of the Xfce ...
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How do you configure numpad keys using XKB?
I haven't figured out how you configure XKB to use the numpad yet. I found the following in the "us" file.
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1]= "USA";
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UTF8 math symbols & keyboard layout / input
I'd like to use UTF8 math symbols, when typing one list, another list.
I've found sth called ComposeKey. Unfortunately it's not covering omega, theta, rightarrow etc.
I am using KDE, I've tried ...
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Keyboard Problem with Debian testing and gdm3
I'm driving a Debian testing machine that is running fine. But since testing includes Linux Kernel 3 I have the following problem:
While booting all is working (I mean especially the keyboard) - ...
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Recovering from Sys Rq + r
I had a really bad lockup of my X server and had to do a Sys Rq + r to release my keyboard from X and get into a console. I was able to kill the process that was locking up my system, and continue my ...
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Xorg key clicks?
I've currently got Fedora 9 on my home PC (yes, I know its quite old - but hell I only reboot it every 6 months - nevermind upgrading!) . My only niggle is that keyboard I've got has quite a different ...
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Disable Keyboard & Mouse input on unix (under X)
How can one programmatically "freeze" the Keyboard & Mouse temporarily, so that no one could mess with the system?
There are several possibilities where this is useful. For instance, I have a ...
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How to remap the Context Menu key to the Super key
This keyboard has only one super key, so I want to remap the menu key to make up for that.
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Automating typing strings in xmacro
Could you show me how to write macro in xmacro (that will work in whole desktop environement) that is able to expand strings?
e.g. I will type thx and it will expand to "thank you".
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How do I get current keyboard layout?
I'm wondering is there any command line tool, that returns current keyboard layout.
I have XkbLayout set to us, ru.
Update: setxkbmap returns layout settings, not selected layout. E.g.:
$ setxkbmap ...
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Why does US International Keyboard break Alt_R
All adding the U.S. English International (with dead keys) keyboard layout breaks my Alt_R key. Any ideas why?
I'm working on RHEL 5.5 using GNOME. The problem disappears if I remove the additional ...
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Determining keycode assignments for X.org on a PC
At some point around late 2008 to early 2009, some keycode values (apparently, for the keys that weren't on an XT keyboard) on a standard PC keyboard when running X.org under Linux changed. I don't ...
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ungrabbing keys
I have somehow managed to get my keyboard only to work and be able to select with the mouse cursor, only when the Shift and Control keys are held.
How can I undo this?
I have tried System -> ...
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Map “windows” key on keyboard to “ctrl”
I am on Ubuntu and using a Microsoft keyboard. I want to map my Win key to a Ctrl key. How can I do that?
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Printing conjunct unicode characters using single keystroke
I want to print a conjunct unicode characters (which do not have dedicated unicode value assigned to it, but which can be print using the combination of unicode characters) using a single key stroke ...
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`p` key doesn't work in X
Today I had to force-shutdown my machine after it froze during resume from suspend. Since the reboot, I've found that the p key doesn't work normally in X. It does work normally in the console.
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Reassign Ctl and Alt keys - xmodmap error
I am attempting to remap my keyboard in order to make emacs usable - my ergonomic keyboard puts its single Control key in an isolated 4-key island way off to the left.
The OS is debian squeeze.
Here ...
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Keyboard macros for X and/or KDE
I'm looking for a utility to record and playback keyboard macros in X applications (KDE specifically). I've tried xmacrorec and xmacroplay, but after running them, my mouse and keyboard does not ...
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Application-specific keymapping
In general, I want to make specific keymaps for application, that working only in it and doesn't affect any other app.
For example, I already use my Caps key to toggle input language (via xorg.conf), ...
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Ubuntu Remap script for UK Logitech Cordless Wave Keyboard
I have just bought a Logitech Cordless Wave UK Keyboard and mouse and I'm trying to get the keymapping sorted but not having much luck!
The main problem I have is none of the key seem to give me the ...
