On 09/13/2024 07:03 AM, George at Clug wrote:
On Friday, 13-09-2024 at 20:17 Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/13/2024 03:56 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Richard,
exchanging the keyboard yourself might be not a great thing. If it is not an
apple computer, where you have to strip the whole computer, most
On Friday, 13-09-2024 at 20:17 Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/13/2024 03:56 AM, Hans wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > exchanging the keyboard yourself might be not a great thing. If it is not an
> > apple computer, where you have to strip the whole computer, most
On 09/13/2024 03:56 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Richard,
exchanging the keyboard yourself might be not a great thing. If it is not an
apple computer, where you have to strip the whole computer, most keyboards are
very simple to echange.[snip]
ROFL
The keyboard is not the only problem.
I was an
Hi Richard,
exchanging the keyboard yourself might be not a great thing. If it is not an
apple computer, where you have to strip the whole computer, most keyboards are
very simple to echange.
There are often some videos on youtube, which show, how to do it.
On most, there are 1 - 3 screws
On 09/12/2024 08:35 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/12/2024 07:13 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
i Ricard,
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not
On 12/09/2024 21:54, Hans wrote:
If someone might also confirm of this little bug I mentioned here and
knows better than me, he may just file a little bugreport to the
developers of KDE. Maybe he also nows a little workaround???
[Ctrl+Alt+F8], [Ctrl+Alt+F7] work fine for me to switch between u
On 09/12/2024 09:54 AM, Hans wrote:
Didn't seem to work on 2 machines using different flavors of Debian.
Where is that documented so I can run a verifiable test?
You are right. I rechecked this and it does not work correctly, because of a
bug in KDE. The
problem is, when
On 09/12/2024 08:40 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
See usermod, option -l.
The wording of the text under that option does not give a "warm fuzzy"
feeling that I un
> Didn't seem to work on 2 machines using different flavors of Debian.
> Where is that documented so I can run a verifiable test?
You are right. I rechecked this and it does not work correctly, because of a
bug in KDE. The
problem is, when starting another session, your for
On 09/12/2024 08:50 AM, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
TIA
Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
debian change user name
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-ch
On 09/12/2024 09:14 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 14:50:23 +0100, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
debian chan
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 14:50:23 +0100, Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
> Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
> >
> Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
> debian change user name
I prefer vipw(8). Bu
On 09/12/2024 08:03 AM, Hans wrote:
Solves wrong problem ;}
I couldn't log in as "Richard" at power-up.
But Stefan hints at solution to that problem.
Ah, ok, you are in X. Do you now, you can start a second windowmanager as root
without logoff as the other user?
If doing so, you can switch bet
On 09/12/2024 07:17 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2024-09-12 06:43 (UTC-0500):
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
Instead of a band aid, attack th
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
See usermod, option -l.
Heed the caveats in the man page (and all other places where the user
name might be hidden).
Sounds like some fun.
(Of course you could ju
On 09/12/2024 07:13 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
i Ricard,
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not
always) be fixed by cleaning. ]
I have other sym
> Solves wrong problem ;}
> I couldn't log in as "Richard" at power-up.
> But Stefan hints at solution to that problem.
Ah, ok, you are in X. Do you now, you can start a second windowmanager as root
without logoff as the other user?
If doing so, you can switch between both with "CTL + ALT + F7"
On 09/12/2024 06:59 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Richard,
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2024, 13:43:49 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
I have no p
Richard Owlett composed on 2024-09-12 06:43 (UTC-0500):
> I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
Instead of a band aid, attack the keyboard with high PSI compres
i Ricard,
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not
always) be fixed by cleaning. ]
> I have no problem logging in as root.
>
> T
I have a Lenovo T520. From time to time (but very seldom), the whole keyboard
is no more working (just hangs). It is a problem with X, maybe related to the
NVidia driver. In these rare cases I connect a wireless keyboard to the
notebook (put the dongle into an usb port) and can go on on typing
Hi Richard,
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2024, 13:43:49 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
> I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
>
> I have no problem l
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
I have no problem logging in as root.
Two primary questions:
1. is there someway that I can use a USB connected keyboard
as workarou
s is an Intel Mac. If it has a touchbar, does the touchbar still work?
> > [Signs of life]
> >
>
>
> Below are point to point responses.
>
> The touchbar does not work.
>
AskUbuntu pointed to the following resource:
https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-li
Hi,
I feel some packages are missing,
You are right. More precisely, what is missing is a firmware, the
brcm/brcmfmac4364-pcie.Apple Inc.-MacBookPro15,1.bin
firmware.
Cheers,
Jerome
On my side, apt-file cannot find it on Sid.
[ 5.253947] brcmfmac :03:00.0: firmware: failed to l
probe with driver applesmc
failed with error -5
The system is bookworm, they internel keyboard is not recognized by
the Kernel,
I also installed the linux-image 6.10.4-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Debian 6.10.4-1 (2024-08-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dmesg | grep -i 'keyboard\|input'
system is bookworm, they internel keyboard is not recognized by the
Kernel,
I also installed the linux-image 6.10.4-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Debian 6.10.4-1 (2024-08-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dmesg | grep -i 'keyboard\|input'
[0.990489] input: Lid Switch as
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/L
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 5:28 PM Andrew M.A. Cater
wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:06:44PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> > Quoting Nicolas George:
> > > lina (12024-08-22):
> > > > however, the internal keyboard does not work
> > > Sorry to ear it. D
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 5:28 PM Andrew M.A. Cater
wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:06:44PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> > Quoting Nicolas George:
> > > lina (12024-08-22):
> > > > however, the internal keyboard does not work
> > > Sorry to ear it. D
The internal keyboard does not work during installation,
I have been using the external keyboard starting from installation.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM Eddie wrote:
> You might try disconnecting the external keyboard and try to boot a
> live-usb of the desired os. If the live-usb bo
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 12:54 PM Nicolas George wrote:
> Nilesh Patra (12024-08-23):
> > What drives such a hostile and uncalled-for reply?
>
> It was sarcastic, but in no way hostile.
>
Either way it was unnecessary and will do nothing but alienate people from
this list. And so perhaps from Debia
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:06:44PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> Quoting Nicolas George:
> > lina (12024-08-22):
> > > however, the internal keyboard does not work
> > Sorry to ear it. Did it been laid off? Is it eligible for unemployment
> > benefits?
> >
>
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:52:23PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:54:13PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> > Nilesh Patra (12024-08-23):
> > > What drives such a hostile and uncalled-for reply?
> >
> > It was sarcastic, but in no way hostile.
>
> I encourage you to re-read
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM Nilesh Patra wrote:
>
> Quoting Nicolas George:
> > lina (12024-08-22):
> > > however, the internal keyboard does not work
> > Sorry to ear it. Did it been laid off? Is it eligible for unemployment
> > benefits?
> >
>
You might try disconnecting the external keyboard and try to boot a
live-usb of the desired os. If the live-usb boots, a fresh install from
the live session may boot ok. Sorry no further help than this.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:54:13PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Nilesh Patra (12024-08-23):
> > What drives such a hostile and uncalled-for reply?
>
> It was sarcastic, but in no way hostile.
I encourage you to re-read what you wrote.
> And you might notice that (1) it also contained the usefu
Nilesh Patra (12024-08-23):
> What drives such a hostile and uncalled-for reply?
It was sarcastic, but in no way hostile.
And you might notice that (1) it also contained the useful answer and
(2) it is for now the only reply. So we might wonder which is best: no
reply at all, or a reply with sarc
Quoting Nicolas George:
> lina (12024-08-22):
> > however, the internal keyboard does not work
> Sorry to ear it. Did it been laid off? Is it eligible for unemployment
> benefits?
>
> More seriously, start by explaining your problem with more accuracy than
> “does not wo
lina (12024-08-22):
> however, the internal keyboard does not work
Sorry to ear it. Did it been laid off? Is it eligible for unemployment
benefits?
More seriously, start by explaining your problem with more accuracy than
“does not work”.
Regards,
--
Nicolas George
XKBMODEL="apple"
XKBMODEL="applealu_ansi"
I tried all possible related keyboard, none does work. thanks for your
help, lina
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 9:34 AM lina wrote:
> # KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
>
> I tried all these, none of them worked
>
> XKBMODEL=&q
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
I tried all these, none of them worked
XKBMODEL="macbook79"
XKBMODEL="macbook78"
*XKBMODEL="macintosh"*
*XKBMODEL="macintosh_old"*
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 9:29 AM lina wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a macbook
Hi
I have a macbook pro since 2019, now I finally install the debian stable
version,
however, the internal keyboard does not work, here is the output with the
external keyboard.
# more /etc/default/keyboard
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL
i use a logitech k270 keyboard and mouse for several years
we had power outage for a couple of days
now the keyboard is nuts
the mouse works
i get odd multiple sequences with a few, not all, keys
if i type "ls" i get "l7s9u"
space is "[ "
there are a dozen or so o
stop. The mouse and keyboard cant click, cant move, cant type.
And this is
[log](https://github.com/jwbda/debian/blob/main/mouse_keyboard_problem) of
`sudo journalctl --since "2024-03-11" --until "2024-03-15"`
command.https://github.com/jwbda/debian/blob/main/mouse_keyboard_pro
at 06:58:39 (+0100), hw wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > I'd use multiple keyboards if I had to do that and just change between
> > > keyboards.
> >
> > Do it if you like. That's what I have on my computer in the basement:
> > a GB-layout M keyboard and a US-l
10,916 V looks a bit odd to me.
After your comments, I looking forward about the battery voltage and I
found this:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-choose-laptop-battery-king-sener/
"Voltage is closely related to the number of cells in the battery -
typically a 10.8V battery has 6 cells and
Is it possible that the USB ports do not supply power once the laptop
is running on battery?
Does the NumLock LED of the keyboard go out?
On Thu, 2024-02-22 at 13:49 -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote:
> Dear Debian Users,
>
> Thank you all for the invaluable assistance provided. Unfortuna
z
> - Memory:
> - Size: 16GB
[ … ]
> After unplugging the power cable, i.e., the battery is discharging:
>
> After a few seconds, the screen brightness is set to zero. The mouse
> remains active, and I can use it for a few more seconds, when it
> also becomes disabled. From the
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:49:54 -0300
Marcelo Laia wrote:
> Thank you all for the invaluable assistance provided. Unfortunately,
> the issue has resurfaced today. I don't believe it's related to the
> age of the hardware, although my Inspiron 5547-A20 is from 2014, as
> indicated below:
A stab in t
b1 usb2
usb3
:~$
After unplugging the power cable, i.e., the battery is discharging:
After a few seconds, the screen brightness is set to zero. The mouse remains
active, and I can use it for a few more seconds, when it also becomes disabled.
From then on, only the touchpad and intern
le keyboards if I had to do that and just change between
> > keyboards.
>
> Do it if you like. That's what I have on my computer in the basement:
> a GB-layout M keyboard and a US-layout Microsoft Pro.
And is their layout identical? If isn't, do all the keys on both
keyboard
you like. That's what I have on my computer in the basement:
a GB-layout M keyboard and a US-layout Microsoft Pro.
In my case, the layout difference is incidental: the M sits on the
table, the other sits on a shelf, for standing use. (There are two
screens, set to mirroring.)
> >
On 15/02/2024 12:39, David Wright wrote:
I would go further than tomas, and suggest that the battery might be
suspect, or the charging circuit of course. (None of my three laptops
works without AC power.) How old is it?
Battery health may be estimated from output of
upower --dump
by com
On Wed 14 Feb 2024 at 20:09:09 (-0300), Marcelo Laia wrote:
> Unfortunately, the issue has worsened. Today, I observed that upon unplugging
> the power cable, within one or two seconds, the screen dims (brightness is
> set to zero), and both the external mouse and keyboard (USB) sto
Dear Debian community,
Thank you for your insights. Unfortunately, the issue has worsened. Today, I
observed that upon unplugging the power cable, within one or two seconds, the
screen dims (brightness is set to zero), and both the external mouse and
keyboard (USB) stop working. Even if I try
On Sun, 2024-02-11 at 10:35 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 07 Feb 2024 at 06:58:39 (+0100), hw wrote:
> > [...]
> > > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous,
> > > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layo
> If that concerned you unduly, you could have put that in the Subject
> > line.
>
> It doesn't concern me.
>
> > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous,
> > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts.
Greg writes:
> To "change the keyboard layout" could mean either to select a
> different layout, or to modify an existing layout. In fact, I think
> *most* people would assume the former.
I think the possibility of *altering* the keyboard layout would not even
occur to mos
On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 06:58:39AM +0100, hw wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 21:43 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous,
> > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts.
>
> It&
line.
It doesn't concern me.
> It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous,
> and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts.
It's not at all obvious, and it's not really ambiguous. Changing the
keyboard layout has al
because after more then 30 years, we still don't have a
> > > good way to change the keyboard layouts!
> >
> > I presume you're now talking about wayland, though I don't think it's
> > been around for 30 years.
>
> I'm talking about wayland a
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 01:37 -0500, Brian Sammon wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100
> hw wrote:
>
> > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout?
>
> [...]
> https://medium.com/@canadaduane/key-remapping-in-linux-2021-edition-473209
> I had my share of discussions back then (before Wayland) in the
> context of GNOME and I don't need that again.
Discussions are tiresome, yes. Knowing it won't go well, it's important
to keep them short.
> But do keep your optimism: that's what makes the world better.
I'm not very optimistic.
hw wrote:
...
>> $80 for what i have now was acceptable.
>
> Which one is that? It must be an unusually sturdy one. Or did you
> put a metal plate under it?
Corsair K70 CORE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
it is solid but stiff, it is also pretty quiet compared to a
model M
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 11:28 +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> hw wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 14:34 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > "The German layout differs from the English (US and UK) layouts in
> > > four major ways:
> >
> > It's missing out on yet another majo
omeone knows where that is?
>>
>> in MATE there's keyboard settings you can use to switch
>> around keyboards and common keys being swapped.
>
> Does that work with wayland?
i'm using Debian testing, so whatever MATE is at in there
in respect to wayland is where i&
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 02:55:30PM +0100, hw wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 06:33 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 09:40:30PM +0100, hw wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Have you ever entered ipv4 addresses (and floats) on a
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 06:33 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 09:40:30PM +0100, hw wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Have you ever entered ipv4 addresses (and floats) on a German
> > keyboard? It's insane.
>
> While I do agree with other of your p
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 13:32 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 01:07:24PM +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > But translating "Ctrl" to "Strg" (if you do not read it as "String
> > or even "Strange" as some people do) is not one of these [...]
>
> Funny. I always
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 01:37 -0500, Brian Sammon wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100
> hw wrote:
>
> > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout?
>
> I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a
> Chromebook, and I
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 01:07:24PM +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
[...]
> But translating "Ctrl" to "Strg" (if you do not read it as "String
> or even "Strange" as some people do) is not one of these [...]
Funny. I always read it as "Strangulieren"...
=:-o
Cheers
--
t
signature.asc
Descripti
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 12:04:16PM +0100, hw wrote:
> ls -la /etc/udev/hwdb.d/
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 Jan 22 01:00 .
> drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 82 Feb 5 13:03 ..
>
> But this is on Fedora, and perhaps Debian does it differently.
unicorn:~$ ls /etc/udev
hwdb.d/ rules.d/ udev.conf
Brian Sammon wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100
> hw wrote:
>
> > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard
> > layout?
>
> I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a Chromebook,
> and I wanted to map the Google-ke
to me. I have tried and failed
> to remap them. The keys produce two keycodes and I couldn't work out
> how to map that to a single insert.
That is another good example that we need to be able to change the
keyboard layout.
When these strange keys create scan codes and you're using
page, you'll see that umlaut keys are
mentioned as the second of the four ways.
> The Umlaute take whole keys for themselves like other letters, and
> since there aren't any more keys on the keyboard, they replace other
> characters which contributes to the German keyboard layo
an deal
with is (was) limited, and it's less than 122. There used to be
terminals that could use all 122 keys, using connectors that don't fit
PCs. So a keyboard to be connected to a PC which has 122 keys is
either incompatibel, or you can't use all keys, or the
hardware/firmware in
Hi,
Loris Bennett wrote:
> As many have pointed out, it is short for 'Steuerung', but I have met
> many Germans who refer to this key as 'String'. I am not sure why
BASIC ?
Or the popular bundle theory:
[Strg] (= [Ctrl]) means "String",
[AltGr] (= right side [Alt]) means "Altgriechisch" (= anci
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 11:35:34AM +0100, hw wrote:
[...]
> > Chances are that someone has an entirely workable suggestion, if not
> > an outright solution [...]
> It's not unusual that people don't like to hear the truth.
I was following this thread with some interest. Now, I'm out.
Cheers
--
plain virtual terminals at the console or a mix or whatever) than to
> simply gripe about the issue and when someone suggests a possible
> solution simply brush it off?
Nobody has yet suggested a solution to how to change keyboard layouts
when using wayland.
> Chances are that someone has
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 22:25 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 06 Feb 2024 at 00:11:43 (+0100), hw wrote:
> [...]
> > How can it be so difficult to get basic things like that right? It
> > still sucks because after more then 30 years, we still don't have a
> > go
t; xmodmap trickery? I am running GNOME on Wayland.
>> > >
>> > > Or whatever the equivalent in Wayland (or GNOME) might be. Either way,
>> > > surely there must be _some_ way to map (sets of) keyboard scan codes
>> > > to symbols or actions, and that way is a
On 6 Feb 2024 00:11 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw):
> and for almost 30 years we had
> to manually switch on NumLock every time we started an X11 session
numlockx has been around since _at least_ 2002, so over 20 years.
Depending on your exact definition of "almost 30 years" that leaves a
gap
On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100
hw wrote:
> Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout?
I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a Chromebook, and I
wanted to map the Google-key (located next to the A key, where you usually
expect Caps-Lock t
eveloping such an
> > environment has the motivation to do so.
>
> I'm afraid X11 users should make an effort to try and use Wayland for
> the sole purpose of finding the problems they'd encounter and file
> feature requests (e.g. for better customizability of the keyboar
On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 09:40:30PM +0100, hw wrote:
[...]
> Have you ever entered ipv4 addresses (and floats) on a German
> keyboard? It's insane.
While I do agree with other of your points (CTRL-] being one,
although you exaggerated by one key), I don't understand this
one. I
X11 users should make an effort to try and use Wayland for
the sole purpose of finding the problems they'd encounter and file
feature requests (e.g. for better customizability of the keyboard).
AFAICT many such requests are discarded as being too marginal, but
that might be just because all th
> > So how do you change the keyboard layout when using wayland?
>
> I've no idea. I don't seem to have noticed that X is on the way out.
At this point, I believe there are folks who *believe* that Wayland is
the future, and that everyone should switch to it sooner rath
On Tue 06 Feb 2024 at 00:11:43 (+0100), hw wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 20:59 +, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> > On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw):
> > > [...]
> > > --- and then I need to be able to change the keyboard layout in
> > >
On Fri 02 Feb 2024 at 20:25:09 (-0500), Lee wrote:
> I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :(
>
> ssh in from another machine & do a 'sudo reboot now' and get an alert
> about 'Keyboard not found.' on power up. The keyboard also doesn
On 05/02/2024 18:37, hw wrote:
With xmodmap, I was able to adjust the layout as needed. With
wayland, I can't do that anymore
Untested:
https://who-t.blogspot.com/2020/02/user-specific-xkb-configuration-part-1.html
User-specific XKB configuration - part 1
and I have heard about a low-level t
On 06/02/2024 03:59, Michael Kjörling wrote:
Pretty sure /etc/default/keyboard has been a thing on Debian for just
about forever.
GNOME developers decided that they do not want to support all "bells and
whistles" of XKB, e.g. layout switch using CapsLock and Shift+CapsLock.
So som
On 2/5/24 14:11, Ash Joubert wrote:
On 06/02/2024 04:15, Peter Ehlert wrote:
Logitech K270
full size, simple, $22 USD, fits me just fine
I use a Logitech MK270r
good tip, packaged with a mouse for $6 more
thanks. I will get that bundle next time
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo which
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 20:59 +, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw):
> > [...]
> > --- and then I need to be able to change the keyboard layout in
> > wayland sessions unless I use an US keyboard. But I only have one
> >
On 06/02/2024 04:15, Peter Ehlert wrote:
Logitech K270
full size, simple, $22 USD, fits me just fine
I use a Logitech MK270r Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo which has the
same keyboard. Full-size standard layout plus media keys, physical power
switches on both keyboard and mouse. I find
ce there aren't any more keys on the keyboard, they replace other
characters which contributes to the German keyboard layout being
rather awkward and difficult to use. Whoever created it has
completely overlooked that computers aren't typewriters.
And it's very bad not to ha
Lee wrote:
>
>I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :(
>
>ssh in from another machine & do a 'sudo reboot now' and get an alert
>about 'Keyboard not found.' on power up. The keyboard also doesn't
>work in another machine so
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 08:40 -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> On 2/2/24 5:25 PM, Lee wrote:
> > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so ..
> > which keyboard do you like and why?
>
> Unicomp. They acquired the rights and the tooling for
On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw):
> Picking from/adding a bunch of available keyboard layouts is an
> entirely obsolete feature. I never need that. I only need to be able
> to change the keyboard layout after picking one once in the installer.
>
> In cas
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 08:46 -0500, songbird wrote:
> hw wrote:
> ...
> > It's a badly missing feature from gnome settings that we can't change
> > the key bindings. The layout must be defined somewhere, though.
> > Maybe someone knows where that is?
>
>
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 21:06 +0100, hw wrote:
> And what the hell is 'Strg' supposed to mean?
"Strg" is short for "Steuerung", just the literal translation of
"control".
/ralph
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