Borrow a keyboard and make the login manager auto login(It's a laptop, so presuming that it is not a public computer).
Configure the window manager to start with a virtual keyboard but using it is a big headache. ravi On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Raghavan, Vinay <[email protected]>wrote: > feature 'availability on login screen' still in wishlist ... > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Raghavan, Vinay < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
