https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/onBoard
? On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Rajath S <[email protected]> wrote: > hi there, > > first of all, linux ftw. i agree... :) > > i use a compaq laptop - 3702 au. it must be a common problem with compaqs > but my keyboard had stopped compltely resonding too... i dual boot Ubuntu > and windblows vista!! vista btw has an onscreen keyboard which i struggled > with for a week or two before i got the keyboard fixed. one advantage i had > on vista was i got this onscreen keyboard during the log-in screen... *is > there anyway to get the onscreen keyboard during the log-in process in > Ubuntu?* unfortunately for me, i couldn't even get till the log in screen > on Ubuntu since my keyboard wouldn't respond during the boot process and i > boot vista as default... > > hey i must admit... no matter how much i loathe vista - it is very > accessible... helped me survive a keyboard breakdown. > > -Rajath. > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Sindhu Sundar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That would mean investing more money :( Already poorer by 650 Rs. getting >> the SMPS fixed today. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Shashishekhar S >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> hmmm ... >>> >>> Couldn't you have used an external PS2 keyboard? >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Sindhu Sundar <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> I found out that repairing the laptop is going to cost a bomb, so am >>>> going to let my brother use the desktop. My dilemma was that on the desktop >>>> we do not have a optical drive, on the laptop we do, now we had a ton of >>>> CDs >>>> which we wanted to make images out of, with the keyboard conked off on the >>>> laptop, it almost seemed impossible. >>>> >>>> I then used "onboard" onscreen keyboard on Ubuntu and extracted ISOs >>>> from the CDs (dd ofcourse!). >>>> >>>> Linux ftw \m/ >>>> >>>> Thanks for the help, just wanted to share this :) >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Vikas Gorur <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2009/6/16 Sindhu S <[email protected]>: >>>>> > >>>>> > What can be done about this? Is there any way to confirm which keys >>>>> in >>>>> > particular are dead? >>>>> >>>>> Under X run "xev" in a terminal and press the keys and see what it >>>>> prints. >>>>> That should tell you something. >>>>> >>>>> Vikas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - Shashishekhar S >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- Regards , Raghavan K S 99860 31265 Mysore. http://raghavan.vinay.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
