Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread David Wright
; > > > > 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 o

How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread hw
and. > > > > > > 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 almost certainly reconfigurable > > > because othe

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread hw
omitted the metal plate long time ago. What are you doing > > that it's too wobbly for you? > > it's not wobbly it is the entire keyboard flexes when you > use it in a non-conventional manner. i do not use them on a > flat desktop, i have them laying across my lap as a am la

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 2/4/24 9:56 AM, Michael Kjörling wrote: If you contact them and ask, they can probably tell you whether the key caps . . . can be flipped physically. Unicomp can and will make custom keycaps. -- JHHL

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
I also wouldn't mind one bit if somebody came up with a computer keyboard that exactly duplicates the key arrangement and feel of a Linotype keyboard. Not for practical daily use, mind you (I'll stick with my Unicomps); rather, as a practice instrument for those who occasionally ru

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread James H. H. Lampert
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 the IBM buckling spring technology. If only they also offered mice that were as rugged as their keyb

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 2/2/24 17:25, 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 it

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread Loris Bennett
r way, >> surely there must be _some_ way to map (sets of) keyboard scan codes >> to symbols or actions, and that way is almost certainly reconfigurable >> because otherwise everyone would be stuck with the exact same keyboard >> layout, which would make for a rather poor intern

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread songbird
is a really bad design and those plastic >> tabs break off. >> >> otherwise the feel is good. very loud when i'm writing... > > IIRC IBM omitted the metal plate long time ago. What are you doing > that it's too wobbly for you? it's not wobbly i

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread songbird
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? in MATE there's keyboard settings you can use to switch around keyboards and c

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Henrik Morsing wrote: > Happy Hacking lite for the last 20+ years, absolutely nothing else will > suffice. And I work faster than any colleague I've ever met because of it. > > And it has to be that exact version (they don't make it anymore) because of > the right-side Fn key and the separate a

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread hw
_some_ way to map (sets of) keyboard scan codes > to symbols or actions, and that way is almost certainly reconfigurable > because otherwise everyone would be stuck with the exact same keyboard > layout, which would make for a rather poor internationalization/ > localization experience.

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread Henrik Morsing
On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: I have a Logitech k740 attached to my Windows machine which is ok. Not great but OK. I found a spare Logitech k120 keyboard in the closet; its better than nothing but too thick for regular use. And the old Dell keyboard from the Windows

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread hw
of like $5, you can probably still use your > > keyboards. > > As I use GNOME, I need the left menu key as I have the hotspot disabled > to open the overview. My old Model Ms lack that key. > > > Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB. >

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-05 Thread hw
On Sun, 2024-02-04 at 09:43 -0500, songbird wrote: > hw wrote: > > On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:09 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > [...] > > > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in > > > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB > > > adapter so

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Anssi Saari
Lee writes: > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > which keyboard do you like and why? I've had a fnatic ministreak for a few years. Why? - RGB backlight, I set it to a pleasant green. - remappable keys, remappings stored in the keyboard so it

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 4 Feb 2024 12:08 -0600, from n...@n0nb.us (Nate Bargmann): > 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

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2024 04 Feb 11:57 -0600, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 4 Feb 2024 11:36 -0600, from n...@n0nb.us (Nate Bargmann): > >> Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB. > > > > I don't like their swapping of the right Alt and Menu keys u

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 4 Feb 2024 11:36 -0600, from n...@n0nb.us (Nate Bargmann): >> Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB. > > I don't like their swapping of the right Alt and Menu keys unless the > keyboard can be configured to swap them back. The keyboard

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread songbird
hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:09 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> [...] >> I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in >> the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB >> adapter so I gave up on them. > > They might work with a so-called active adap

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
have the hotspot disabled to open the overview. My old Model Ms lack that key. > Unicomp[1] still makes these keyboards, and you can get them for USB. I don't like their swapping of the right Alt and Menu keys unless the keyboard can be configured to swap them back. Otherwise, I wou

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread Richmond
gt; They might work with a so-called active adapter. IIRC it has > something to do with the adpater suppling power. With some research > and an investment of like $5, you can probably still use your > keyboards. > Yes, I am using an IBM keyboard right now via usb into a laptop, with this adapter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FLD3T8T

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:25 -0500, Lee wrote: > [...] > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > which keyboard do you like and why? It comes down to your personal preference and on how much you're willing to pay for a good keybard. I'm using [1

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-04 Thread hw
On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:09 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > [...] > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB > adapter so I gave up on them. They might work with a so-called active adapter. IIRC it has s

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Roger Price
On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: >which keyboard do you like and why? ... Cherry makes/uses a good keyswitch. Buy Cherry. RLH I bought a Cherry MX 3000 USB. In use permanently in a very dusty environment next to a w

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 09:10:49AM -0500, Lee wrote: On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:57???PM Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: >which keyboard do you like and why? CHERRY MX BOARD 3.0 (Purchased several years ago; in daily use since.) Excellent mechani

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Lee
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 10:51 PM Ralph Aichinger wrote: > > On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:25 -0500, Lee wrote: > > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > > which keyboard do you like and why? > > I like the flat style similar to what

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 3 Feb 2024 08:34 +0100, from m...@dorfdsl.de (Marco Moock): >> I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. >> which keyboard do you like and why? > > IBM Model M. > They are still made by the company Unicomp, with PS/2, DIN or USB. I was going t

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Dan Ritter wrote on 03/02/2024 13:16: As far as I know, Logitech doesn't make a mechanical keyboard. Logitech now has, with and w/o ten key block: search for "Logitech MX Mechanical". They are wireless with USB adapter and have a configurable mono-color key light. I my

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Lee
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2024 02 Feb 19:26 -0600, 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 > > ab

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Lee
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:57 PM Russell L. Harris wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: > >which keyboard do you like and why? > > CHERRY MX BOARD 3.0 (Purchased several years ago; in daily use since.) > Excellent mechanical quality of the keyswitch

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Eric S Fraga
I have two: a Kinesis Advantage 2 and a Corsair gaming mechanical keyboard, both USB connected. I use the latter almost exclusively and love it: the feel of the mechanical keys, the sound of those keys, and the keyboard lighting. I seldom use the Kinesis: just could not get used to it. -- Eric

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
jeremy ardley wrote: > Lee wrote: > > > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( > > I have decided to go to the mechanical keyboard style where you get positive > feedback on key strokes. > > For me there are two 'colors' that are i

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread songbird
jeremy ardley wrote: ... > You can also get ones with keyboard lighting. It is actually helpful, > though ones that do light shows are to be avoided. Just a simple green > or such and perhaps ones that briefly dim the light on each key when you > strike it. you can change the l

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Marco Moock
Am Fri, 2 Feb 2024 20:25:09 -0500 schrieb Lee : > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > which keyboard do you like and why? IBM Model M. They are still made by the company Unicomp, with PS/2, DIN or USB.

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Marco Moock
Am Fri, 2 Feb 2024 20:09:09 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann : > I have several of the now classic IBM Model M keyboards I procured in > the '90s. Modern BIOSes don't like them even with a PS/2 to USB > adapter so I gave up on them. They need more power that normal keyboards, so not every converter w

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread jeremy ardley
Lee wrote: I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( I have decided to go to the mechanical keyboard style where you get positive feedback on key strokes. For me there are two 'colors' that are interesting Blue which has strong tactile feedback, requires sl

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread David Christensen
On 2/2/24 17:25, 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 it

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread songbird
Lee wrote: > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( ... a Corsair K70 CORE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. my previous keyboard was starting to miss key presses and duplicating others. since i also needed a new mouse it was a day to get a refresh. paid about $80

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > which keyboard do you like and why? My favorites are the old Thinkpad USB UltraNav travel keyboards (http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/31P9490.jpg). They even come with a 2-port USB hub so you can conn

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Lee writes: > 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 it

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Fri, 2024-02-02 at 20:25 -0500, Lee wrote: > I figure there's a high percentage of keyboard jockeys here so .. > which keyboard do you like and why? I like the flat style similar to what is in many notebooks. Current favourites are the Apple keyboards (expensive though, for what the

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:42 PM Gremlin wrote: > On 2/2/24 20:25, 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 fo

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2024 02 Feb 19:26 -0600, 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

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Friday, February 2nd, 2024 at 6:25 PM, Lee wrote: > I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died > :(https://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+the+USA+in+1845&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=635&tbm=isch&

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Gremlin
On 2/2/24 20:25, 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 it

what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-02 Thread Lee
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 it's really & truly dead.

Re: Issue with USB External Keyboard, External Mouse, and Screen Brightness on Dell Laptop

2024-01-25 Thread Max Nikulin
On 24/01/2024 02:13, Marcelo Laia wrote: After recently upgrade, my external keyboard and external mouse (both USB) stopped working after after the screen brightness automatically decreased. This has occurred a few times, and I can only solve it by rebooting the laptop. Were your

Re: keyboard buttons

2024-01-24 Thread David Wright
real, physical switch on the computer itself, though hard-reset is unaffected. Hence my suggesting a less invasive manner. Somewhere between xmodmap and HandlePowerKey there may be a kbd driver method, but I've never got into that stuff deeply. I'm aware that none of this will help with

Re: Issue with USB External Keyboard, External Mouse, and Screen Brightness on Dell Laptop

2024-01-23 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 04:13:23PM -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote: > Dear Debian community, > > I am facing an issue with my Dell laptop, running Debian. > > After recently upgrade, my external keyboard and external mouse (both USB) > stopped working after after the screen bright

Re: keyboard buttons

2024-01-23 Thread Mike McClain
David Wright wrote: > You could try running: > > $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 124=' # to override XF86PowerOff > > $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 150=' # to override XF86Sleep > > $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 151=' # to override XF86WakeUp perhaps. Thank you Mr. Wright for trying to help. Given your input I read

Issue with USB External Keyboard, External Mouse, and Screen Brightness on Dell Laptop

2024-01-23 Thread Marcelo Laia
Dear Debian community, I am facing an issue with my Dell laptop, running Debian. After recently upgrade, my external keyboard and external mouse (both USB) stopped working after after the screen brightness automatically decreased. This has occurred a few times, and I can only solve it by

Re: keyboard buttons

2024-01-22 Thread David Wright
On Mon 22 Jan 2024 at 11:43:36 (-0600), Mike McClain wrote: > On my keyboard there are some buttons in the top right corner above > the number pad. one marked with circle with an x over it, one with a > moon the third with analarm clock ringing. > Wondering what they were

keyboard buttons

2024-01-22 Thread Mike McClain
On my keyboard there are some buttons in the top right corner above the number pad. one marked with circle with an x over it, one with a moon the third with analarm clock ringing. Wondering what they were and how they were handled I typed 'Control v' in bash on the command lin

Re: Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 10:28:07PM -0500, David Niklas wrote: Hello, I installed debian, 12.4.0 on 2 laptops. One of them, a 2023 ASUS Zenbook 15" 7735U, I cannot change the keyboard mapping on. Changing it on the other works like a charm. I initially set them up as dvorak, for my own ease

Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread David Niklas
Hello, I installed debian, 12.4.0 on 2 laptops. One of them, a 2023 ASUS Zenbook 15" 7735U, I cannot change the keyboard mapping on. Changing it on the other works like a charm. I initially set them up as dvorak, for my own ease, and now I want it to be qwerty. I have temporarily worked aroun

Keyboard doesn't make the machine up any more

2023-11-23 Thread Stefan Monnier
Since the last reboot, my desktop doesn't want to listen to my keyboard any more while sleeping: I can wake it up by pressing the power button on the actual computer case, but not by pressing a keyboard key. This has worked fine for several years and I can't remember making any related

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 27 mai 2023 Hans a écrit : > The entry "acer_laptop" worked always well, but I also tried "pc-105" during > the time of the > issue, which also did NOT work. it's "pc105", but that don't change anything

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Hans
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page. XKBMODEL="acer_laptop" XKBLAYOUT="de" XKBVARIANT="nodeadkeys" XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" BACKSPACE="guess" --- snap --- The entry "acer_laptop" wo

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Could you show us the content of your /etc/default/keyboard ? Regards, Jörg.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-05-26 11:59:06 +0200, Hans wrote: [...] > But today, after I read the hint "try keyboard-setup.sh" and started my > system, the keyboard layout was ok! > > NOTE: I did NOT excute "keyboard-setup.sh", as things were ok!!! > > Doi not ask me why, may

[SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-26 Thread Hans
I am answering myself. Surprisingly the error is gone. But I do not know why! These were my last actions: In my despair I added the repo of bullseye to the sources.list and downgraded console-setup console-setup-linux keyboard-configuration Those must be all together downgraded. After

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 24 mai 2023 Hans a écrit : >> > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, >> > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. >> >> Try: >> dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration >> dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Pierre Tomon
Le Wed, 24 May 2023 17:28:09 +0200, Hans a écrit : > Tried before, but no success. Try this to see if it reports or apply something: systemctl status keyboard-setup systemctl restart keyboard-setup

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
quot; directory, e.g. ~/Documents. Yes, removed - no success. > > The problem with changing that name is it might make the keyboard > instantly useless. If you have the option to do so, maybe playing in > either chroot or a virtual machine is best just in case that file does > a lo

Re: Keyboard us..

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2023, 17:56:32 CEST schrieb Aleix Piulachs: > Hi hans > Did you try > apt-get install locale I think, you mean "locales". Yes, but it is already installed - no success. Best Hans

Keyboard us..

2023-05-24 Thread Aleix Piulachs
Hi hans Did you try apt-get install locale

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/24/23, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > there is a little problem, I am trying to fix. > > After upgrade to bookworm the keyboard layout has changed from German to US > > (de to us). > < snipped for relevance > > > Some thing I noticed at bootup: When the

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2023, 17:20:26 CEST schrieb Pierre Tomon: > Le Wed, 24 May 2023 16:53:09 +0200, > > Hans a écrit : > > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, > > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. > > Try:

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Pierre Tomon
Le Wed, 24 May 2023 16:53:09 +0200, Hans a écrit : > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. Try: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Dear list, there is a little problem, I am trying to fix. After upgrade to bookworm the keyboard layout has changed from German to US (de to us). I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. Doing "loadkeys d

Debian on Macbook 2021 and keyboard [was: debian-user-digest Digest V2023 #416]

2023-05-06 Thread tomas
is to answer to a digest (as you did here). See, attached to your mail there were other 13 which had nothing at all to do with your question. Mails we all had already seen. Now to your question: > The boot loader > is recognizing the keyboard and trackpad on the 2007 keyboard I want

Re: bounncy keyboard

2023-04-07 Thread zithro
characters arrive closely spaced. Jeremy In XFCE : Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard You can test the repeat delay/speed in the test area at the bottom, or completely disable key repeat. Other DEs should have the same settings. For consoles/vt, no idea.

Re: bounncy keyboard

2023-04-07 Thread songbird
ent characters arrive closely spaced. your desktop may have some adjustment capabilities that might help. i was having some keyboard issues a few weeks ago but it turned out to be the connection was not good so i put a large rubber band on the two ends of the respective USB cables to tie them toge

Re: bounncy keyboard

2023-04-07 Thread David Christensen
arrive closely spaced. Jeremy I use: 1. A KUL 87-ES USB keyboard that came with a matching USB to PS/2 adapter. 2. A Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible that came with a matching USB to PS/2 adapter. 3. An IOGEAR GCS78 8 port PS/2 keyboard VGA video PS/2 mouse switch. 4

Re: bounncy keyboard

2023-04-06 Thread David Wright
On Fri 07 Apr 2023 at 10:41:31 (+0800), jeremy ardley wrote: > My keybboard is getting bouncy agaain. > > I can swap it out under warranty but I wondered if there were some > setting in Debian 11 to ignore the same character arriving too soon > after the previous one? > > It should also not worry

bounncy keyboard

2023-04-06 Thread jeremy ardley
My keybboard is getting bouncy agaain. I can swap it out under warranty but I wondered if there were some setting in Debian 11 to ignore the same character arriving too soon after the previous one? It should also not worry if two different characters arrive closely spaced. Jeremy

Re: How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-28 Thread Yvan Masson
For those interested in KDE's own virtual keyboard status, Nate Graham gave an explanation here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-to-enable-virtual-keyboard-included-in-kde/264/2 Regards, Yvan OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-20 Thread Yvan Masson
l me which package > provides a virtual keyboard for KDE ? I installed > qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin but it does not appear in KDE preferences > (although it works on SDDM). > > I already tried Onboard, but it has blocking issues for me. I have still not found

Re: How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-20 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 2:10 PM Yvan Masson wrote: > > Using Debian testing with KDE, can someone tell me which package > provides a virtual keyboard for KDE ? I installed > qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin but it does not appear in KDE preferences > (although it works on SDDM). >

Re: How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-20 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 3:42 PM Yvan Masson wrote: > Le 19/03/2023 à 19:10, Yvan Masson a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > Using Debian testing with KDE, can someone tell me which package > > provides a virtual keyboard for KDE ? I installed > > qtvirtualkeyboard-plu

Re: How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-20 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 19/03/2023 à 19:10, Yvan Masson a écrit : Hi, Using Debian testing with KDE, can someone tell me which package provides a virtual keyboard for KDE ? I installed qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin but it does not appear in KDE preferences (although it works on SDDM). I already tried Onboard, but

How to install virtual keyboard for KDE

2023-03-19 Thread Yvan Masson
Hi, Using Debian testing with KDE, can someone tell me which package provides a virtual keyboard for KDE ? I installed qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin but it does not appear in KDE preferences (although it works on SDDM). I already tried Onboard, but it has blocking issues for me. Regards, Yvan

Re: No keyboard on ttyS0

2023-02-28 Thread basti
ystem. On 28.02.23 00:24, David Wright wrote: On Mon 27 Feb 2023 at 14:06:08 (+0100), basti wrote: we have a PC Engines APU. This PC has only a Serial-Console. After the upgrade from buster to bullseye I see the kernel output on ttyS0 but there is no keyboard input available, neither in Grub.

Re: No keyboard on ttyS0

2023-02-28 Thread basti
+0100), basti wrote: we have a PC Engines APU. This PC has only a Serial-Console. After the upgrade from buster to bullseye I see the kernel output on ttyS0 but there is no keyboard input available, neither in Grub. Getty is startet on ttyS0, I see a login prompt. Did anyone has had a si

Re: No keyboard on ttyS0

2023-02-27 Thread David Wright
On Mon 27 Feb 2023 at 14:06:08 (+0100), basti wrote: > > we have a PC Engines APU. This PC has only a Serial-Console. > > After the upgrade from buster to bullseye I see the kernel output on > ttyS0 but there is no keyboard input available, neither in Grub. > > Getty is st

Re: No keyboard on ttyS0

2023-02-27 Thread Juri Grabowski
Hello, please check RX-Line on RS-232. Best Regards, Juri Grabowski

No keyboard on ttyS0

2023-02-27 Thread basti
Hello, we have a PC Engines APU. This PC has only a Serial-Console. After the upgrade from buster to bullseye I see the kernel output on ttyS0 but there is no keyboard input available, neither in Grub. Getty is startet on ttyS0, I see a login prompt. Did anyone has had a similar problem

Re: OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:55:15 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Is there a reason you don't use a pure USB pathway for keyboard > and mouse? > > i.e. does your target computer not have a USB port available to > take the KVM's input? Hmm, that's an interesting thou

Re: OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread Dan Ritter
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Leading up to the Problem: My problem is this: one of the computers that I > need / want to keep in service for some time yet has separate inputs for the > keyboard and mouse -- the existing KVMs have separate outputs for the > keyboard > and mouse,

OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

2023-02-11 Thread rhkramer
Background: My KVM switch (and a keyboard) died in two (freak)A(ccidents)BKAC. My spare KVM did not work, so I'm looking for another KVM. (For now, I'm using the original KVM for switching the VGA video and keyboard, and have separate mice plugged into each computer (only two in s

Can't remap keyboard to a custom layout that works everywhere

2023-01-22 Thread Zoe
Dear all, Please help me remap my keyboard to a completely custom layout such that it's the active layout everywhere (dm-crypt at boot, display manager and desktop environments), permanently. More detail: My laptop has a customized layout. Not QWERTY, not Dvorak, but a non-standard one I

Adding PageUp/PageDown movement in a keyboard

2023-01-13 Thread Leandro Noferini
Ciao a tutti, I have a portable with an english mapped keyboard where the PageUp/PageDown keys are not present. How could add these keys with gnome on wayland? -- Ciao leandro

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread tomas
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:06:15PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I do program. `-SPACE, ~-SPACE and so on are deep in my muscle > > memory. > > Interesting. Wouldn't `` and ~~ be easier to type? At the beginning, yes. Later on, no, because you don't need to release the first key completely be

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I do program. `-SPACE, ~-SPACE and so on are deep in my muscle > memory. Interesting. Wouldn't `` and ~~ be easier to type? Stefan

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread tomas
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:21:22PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ wrote: [...] > Hihi ... > If one is also programming dead tilde and dead acute grave are probably > not what one wants. I do program. `-SPACE, ~-SPACE and so on are deep in my muscle memory. I seem to prefer that than compose + (non

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ
On Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2022 08:26:48 -03 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 11:09:14AM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > Am 29/12/2022 um 10:59 schrieb Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ: > > > I would need German dead tilde and dead grave > > > acute and one precludes the other. > > > > Thank

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ
On Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2022 08:09:14 -03 Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Am 29/12/2022 um 10:59 schrieb Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ: > > I would need German dead tilde and dead grave > > acute and one precludes the other. > > Thanks. In a nutshell, what's the difference between deal tilde and > dead acute? >

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread Max Nikulin
On 29/12/2022 18:23, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: I mapped the compose key to CAPS LOCK (who needs that, right?) /etc/default/keyboard: XKBOPTIONS="grp:shift_caps_switch,compose:ralt" - [CapsLock] to select first layout - [Shift+CapsLock] to select second layout - [RightAlt] for Compose

Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?

2022-12-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
e > do COMPOSE + < + 3 to get ♥, or COMPOSE + , + c to get ç. The nice > thing is that the sequences are somewhat mnemonic, you can extend > them, and they don't contradict what is on your key labels. > > This gets me along for the occasional French text on my German layout > ke

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