General keyboard topics, including keyboard hardware and keyboard functionality in software.
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Archlinux gizmod
I've recently installed Archlinux on my laptop and it's been doing everything I needed except one thing: key bindings.
I wanted to be able to use the volume buttons (including when in a full screen ...
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How do I remap my caps lock key to ctrl+x within x.org?
I've seen some setxkbmap stuff when talking about key mappings, but ctrl-c isn't a single key.
Ideally, I would love to make it a copy/paste key but that seems impossible on Linux.
Is there a way ...
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Cannot pair my generic keyboard via automatic PIN
I am using Xubuntu, pure Xfce, 64-bit.
The problem:
I have tried 2 ways; both have failed for different reasons:
(1) the commandline way (see below) fails because at no stage does it actually ask ...
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Keyboard (mostly) doesn't work in Wine
When I run any program in wine (e.g. notepad), I can use the keyboard
just fine until I click the mouse. As soon as I click the mouse for any
reason, the keyboard stops working entirely.
I'm using ...
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How do I fix unix so that I can use the arrow keys in a terminal?
Before I was able to use the Up/Down arrow keys to cycle through previous commands, but now when I press a directional key it outputs "^[[A". I'm running a bash shell. How do I fix this?
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First key pressed repeates forever
I just installed CentOS 6.4 on an old machine I acquired for a development box, but I am running into keyboard issues I can't get around.
I start the machine and go to type a user name in and ...
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How to load HID kernel module from the kernel command line?
While upgrading a server from kernel 3.2.9 to kernel 3.5 I had a problem with the network (ifconfig eth0 up won't work) so I updated the system to get a newer userspace, but in the process something ...
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Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
I have an Apple bluetooth keyboard and want to use it with Fedora 15.
I turn on the bluetooth on the both devices. Click 'Setup new device' via Gnome3's GUI. The computer detects the keyboard but it ...
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Enabling Numeric Keypad
I have trouble with the numeric keypad (NumLock keys) being unusable while typing.
While I don't think it's GUI specific, this happens both in Gnome and KDE. Sometimes it works in TTY, other times it ...
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Diacritics do not work in GTK+ applications running on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
I am using some GTK+ applications in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. My MacBook is configured for using the Brazilian layout, which allows it to enter diacritics as dead keys (so I can write รก typing ' and ...
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Keyboard only desktop environment
Is there a (more than a terminal) desktop environment/distro that can be run using only a keyboard - I have an old computer on which I cannot use a mouse - the PS/2 port is broken and it won't accept ...
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Log number of keyboard hits
How can I log a keyboard hit via shell script?
My aim is to log the number of keyboard hits of a login session on my Ubuntu system.
Note: I do not want to log the keystrokes itself, only the number ...
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Swap alt and windows key except when using an external keyboard
On my laptop the Alt and Windows keys are in the opposite positions that I'd prefer them in. Swapping them is fairly easy. However, my external (USB) keyboard has the Alt and Windows keys in the order ...
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Fix keyboard chattering/bouncing on the software side
I have a mechanical keyboard (Noppoo Choc Mini with Cherry MX Blue switches) and after a few weeks, some key presses are getting sent two times even though I press a single time. I found out that this ...
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Unix User Level Keylogger
I need to record my own keystroke data for some academic research. I wrote a regular keylogger for Windows, but now I need to write one for a Unix environment, with the constraint that I have only ...
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Keyboard Shortcut To Send Text Strings To Program
How can I configure a shortcut key to send a text string to the current program?
The purpose is to type common entries quicker (email address, street address, phone number, username, favorite quote, ...
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'd' Key on VNC Viewer Minimises All Windows
I'm running vnc4server on an Ubuntu 10.10 box, and connecting to it from an Ubuntu 8.04 machine using TightVNC Viewer 1.3.9. I'm unable to type anything with the character d within the VNC session, as ...
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How to print keypresses in .inputrc format?
Which application can I use to figure out what to put in .inputrc for any custom keyboard shortcut? I've tried a few, and none of them seem to be usable:
showkey, showkey -a and read just print ' if ...
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Starting automatically uppercase after dot
Is it possible to configure the following automation?
Everytime I will type a sentence in which the last character is dot, colon or quotation mark it will change the next letter automatically to ...
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How can I press key of “keycode 53” every minute in X?
I want to automate my typing. I can use window managers such as gnome and fvwm.
I can access to ubuntu and obsd.
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Matlab gets “crazy” after type special characters
I'm using a computer running Ubuntu and I'm connected through ssh to a RedHat machine where I use Matlab in command line mode (matlab -nodesktop). Matlab version is 7.10.0.499 (R2010a).
My problem ...
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How to make Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn change window tabs
I am running GNOME 3.4 (Debian 7.0) and my laptop (Gigabyte Q2532), unlike all those I've used before, doesn't change application tabs with CtrlPg Up and CtrlPg Dn. This forces me to use Alt0...9, ...
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Map Super+[Left|Right] to Home/End
How do I map key "Super" so, when combined with Left/Right, it produces keycode Home/End?
My current setxkbmap:
setxkbmap \
-model pc105 \
-layout 'us(dvorak-intl),us(alt-intl)' \
-option \
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Certain keys (arrows, page-up, page-down) not working in rdesktop-vrdp
I start and stop my VM headless style.
Start
VBoxHeadless -s Windows -v on -e "TCP/Address=0.0.0.0" -e "TCP/Ports=3389"
Stop
VBoxManage controlvm Windows poweroff
And I connect to it using ...
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String syntax for the kbd macro in Emacs [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Associating a function in Emacs after looking up the code with M-x describe-key
I have typed the following macros on my .emacs file
(global-set-key (kbd ...
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Control and up/down keys in terminal for use by emacs
Is it possible to use C-up and C-down when running emacs in the terminal window (when starting emacs from the command line with the -nw flag)? What should my terminal send when I press C-up and C-down ...
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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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How to set separate global/user keyboard settings in LXDE?
I need to have English (US) and no compose key for the system, and I'd like English (Dvorak alternative international no dead keys) + Caps Lock as the compose key for myself. How can I set this up?
I ...
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What does this output from xev mean?
I'm interested in remapping some keys on my keyboard. In particular, I want to hold down the Function key, press the F1 key, and have this trigger a script. I know that xev is useful for figuring out ...
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How do I rebind M-/ in Emacs to M— (dash)
I'm basically trying to figure out how to use keyboard-translate in Emacs to make M-- do the same thing as M-/
How do I go about doing this?
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Keyboard input not displayed on the screen?
We use the `exceed tool to connect to our UNIX servers, but sometimes the command-line behaves erratically. When I am typing some command on the command-line, nothing happens -- nothing is displayed ...
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Disable action keys
I'm running openSUSE on HP Pavilion dm4.
I have a bunch of action keys (volume up/down, brightness, wifi etc.) on my function keys. For using standard Fx keys I have to hold Fn key.
The problem is ...
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zsh broke compose key and special chars
I thought I'd switch to zsh, so I did just that with chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh user, unfortunately, it broke my compose key (unresponsive both in the console and in an X terminal); also, when I read email ...
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Backspace, del, arrow keys not working with interactive programs in Tilda
I currently run Openbox on a light netinstall of Debian. In Tilda, when I use a program like nslookup or winexe, some of my keys do not work properly.
Backspace generates ^?
Up generates ^[[A
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How to disable wifi and bluetooth keyboard switches in GNOME?
My (capacitive) media keys have recently become autonomous, causing my wifi to switch on and off at random intervals and effectively rendering the machine unusable.
How can I disable those keys? My ...
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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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Ctrl-Alt-F1 to F6 work differently for left and right sides of the keyboard
If I want to log in to the traditional text shell, I can only use the right side control and alt keys, the left side ones will do nothing. Once I switch to another shell, I now have to use the left ...
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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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How can I use GNOME's keyboard settings in Fluxbox?
My GNOME keyboard settings do two main things:
Switch CMD and CTRL (I'm on a Macbook)
Give me a third level (for special characters)
This is really the only functionality I'm missing in Fluxbox. ...
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Getting direct input from keyboard, ignoring X
I've made a hardware keylogger for PS/2 (it is connected between keyboard and PC) and it's storing keystrokes directly as keyboard is sending signals. When device dumps data to the computer, ...
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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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Just installed openSUSE 11.3, and after 5 seconds , my keyboard goes to sleep for 1-2 characters?
My keyboard skips one or two characters, whenever I stop typing for 5 seconds or more. Since I just installed 11.3 openSUSE, I don't know if this issue is an improper configuration, a bug in 11.3, or ...
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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 ...
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Laptop keyboard occasionally stops working
I have a dirty solution that is to plug a USB keyboard in and execute the following command:
setxkbmap -rules evdev -layout us -model evdev
Afterward my keyboard will work.
This solution only ...
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Logitech G110 Multimedia Keys in Linux Mint 14
I know that plenty of questions have been asked about multimedia keys, but I'm having trouble finding a solution for my specific problem.
I have a Logitech G110 keyboard, which (besides the macro ...
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Script to turn off laptop keyboard if USB keyboard is present [duplicate]
My laptop keyboard is broke (Esc keeps randomly being pressed, can't fix it), so I've bought a USB keyboard instead. I want to write a script that will run at login which will check if my USB keyboard ...
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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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Netbook w/ Fedora 17 and USB Numpad at Boot Disables Internal Keyboard
I have a netbook with F17 installed. No X, just text console. The system boots fine and the internal keyboard works. I can plugin a USB numpad after boot and it functions reliably. However, if the ...
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xkbcomp doesn't update keymap for running xterms?
When I use setxkbmap all programs use the new layout but when I change the keyboard layout with xkbcomp to my own only newly started programs are affected (using xkbcomp with a file with a default ...
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Setxkbmap turns off NumLock LED - but not NumLock.
Whenever I use setxkbmap in a terminal (or my .bashrc), the next time I press any modifier keys (ctrl, shift, alt) the NumLock LED on my keyboard goes off, but NumLock itself is still active so it's ...
