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Periodic Keyboard Lag/Delay
On two of my computers running Natty with Gnome 3, I'm having periodic keyboard lag. It happens at a random interval after starting the computer. Basically, the keyboard will stop functioning ...
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How to stop Mod4-P from switching the display?
I use Ctrl-P very frequently to scroll backward in the command history, but I often mistype it as Mod4-P, which is bound to the switch display function.
I've searched around Keyboard shortcuts and ...
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An alternative to the Super key on an old keyboard
I've got a classic M-series IBM keyboard that I want to put to a use. However, it does not have a Windows (a.k.a Super) key, that I use for many windows-manager-related shortcuts. On top of it, I ...
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How to programmatically swap the caps lock and esc keys?
I am a heavy Vim user and one of the first things I do when I start working on a clean ubuntu installation is to swap the caps lock and esc keys to reduce hand movements over the keyboard.
So far I ...
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How to embed on-screen keyboard into gnome-screensaver 3.x unlock screen?
The gconf value /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_enable in Oneiric no longer works obviously. Is there a way to show virtual keyboard in gnome-screensaver 3.x? Does similar dconf value exist?
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Remapping keyboard shortcuts (copy, paste etc) to Alt key instead of Ctrl
Interestingly, it turns out this is almost impossible to do. Remapping Alt key to behave as another Ctrl key is not a solution because you lose the Alt key functionalities (some of which are ...
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USA keyboard layout keeps getting added on login
I use the USA International keyboard layout. Every time I log in, the USA layout gets added to my list of layouts, which causes the keyboard layout indicator to be displayed. How can I stop the USA ...
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kile does not get keyboard input, respond to Alt+F
I use 11.10 with gnome 3 and Unity. In either case, I use two KDE apps a lot - kile and kate. Since the latest upgrade, I have observed a few problems:
a] I can never use Alt+F to select the file ...
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How to disable Macbook keyboard backlight
How do I disable the keyboard backlight, by turning it completely off, on a Macbook in 12.04?
Whenever I reboot, Ubuntu sets the backlight to 100% brightness, and frustratingly the new function keys ...
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Keyboard shortcuts not working in gnome-shell 3.2?
I was wondering if keyboard shortcuts (like Alt+F1, Alt+F2) support is removed from gnome shell 3.2?
If not then I'm missing something as I can't seem to use them.
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Keyboard shortcut to reveal onscreen keyboard
Does someone know if it is possible to bind a command to a button which will reveal the onscreen keyboard? (Note: The onscreen keyboard has already be started.)
Currently when I want to reveal the ...
