Questions tagged [input]
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Configure ibus to generate "à" using Compose + a + `
I would like to have ibus work like to corresponding system in OS X.
In order to get an "à" in a text field I want to make these steps:
I press the Compose key
I press the a key
(an "a" appear in ...
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How do I disable Drag and Drop of highlighted Text globally?
How do I disable Drag and Drop of highlighted Text globally?
I know it's the OS doing it and not the Browsers or Editors, that's why I ask here for a Solution.
I'm using Kubuntu 18.04, but I didn't ...
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Mouse sensitivity reset after replugging
After complete system upgrade yesterday my mouse sensitivity get reset every time I replug it. This happens often since I have my peripherals attached to my monitor which I use as a dock to switch ...
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Touchpad causes huge amount of interrupts and high power usage
I have an issue with the touchpad on my notebook where if I use it, it causes a high amount of interrupts which results in significantly higher CPU usage and power drain. The following snippet is ...
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Caribou On Screen Keyboard Shift Key Not Working
I recently got a new Wacom Mobile Studio Pro 13. A tablet computer (no trackpad, no physical keyboard, just a few buttons on the left hand side, with a Wacom stylus).
When I first login into an ...
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20.04 LTS HP x360 1030 g2 on-screen keyboard/tablet_mode works not well. input OK, drivers missed
My first question (never last) is a solution for this situation with convertible, touchscreen HP notebook:
touchscreen always works well.
in the tablet mode keyboard and touchpad turn off - works well....
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Open fcitx configuration but no input method shows
I was trying to install sogoupinyin to type chinese in my ubuntu 16.04.
After installation, when I type fcitx-config-gtk3 in the terminal to open the fcitx input method configuration, the following ...
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Sharing mouse and keyboard input on virtual machines
So what I am trying to do is setup two or more virtual boxes (with lubuntu if posibble), and share my cursor and keyboard input for all virtual boxes. Is this possible? What software should I use?
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This really annoying freezing 17.10 Ubuntu switching user session!
I've seen several issues about freezing Ubuntu 17.10 GUI.
I am facing this issue, too. It's really annoyng, but I believe my issue is more "accurated".
My computer has two RADEON GPUs, with three ...
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Touch screen not recognize by Ubuntu 13.04
I have a Lenovo C315 10038:
after install Ubuntu 13.04 64bits i've installed
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-*
and nothing
this is the infor from lsusb, lspci, xinput commands
xinput
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Sway Wayland, input keyboard only applies to terminal, not to other browser based apps
I have a custom keyboard layout like so
input * xkb_layout custom
The layout is found in /usr/local/xkb/x11/symbols.... (something like that)
And it works... in terminal, but if I open up brave
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How can I use lynx --cmd_script to position the cursor on an input field?
Lynx provides simple keystroke recording/scripting with -cmd_log and -cmd_script.
The man page doesn't provide much detail on the behavior of these arguments, and what it does describe makes certain ...
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BASH script - How to simulate user input for password
I'm trying to make a bash script used to unlock an external drive which is password-protected by WD proprietary software.
Since I'm combining this with other bash scripts, I need it to take the ...
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Remap BTN_STYLUS event to standard keyboard key?
I'm attemping to use a VEIKK graphics tablet in Kubuntu 19.10. I've got a satisfactory setup so far, but the only thing remaining is remapping the stylus buttons. I feel like I have all the ...
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Nohup and input params is this possible?
The following prg requires some input after start in the next line:
./myApp param1 param2 -d /home/user/abc
Enter password:
Is something like this possible:
nohup ./myApp param1 param2 -d /...
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Genius G Pen with Ubuntu 22.04. How to get G Pen working?
In the 18.04 system the Genius G Pen 560 does not work. In 12.04 it worked normally. How to return behavior from 12.04? May be a package needs to be installed?
I tested with 22.04.2 - still no working ...
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Can I remap mouse keys for games running using wine?
I want to play idle-action games (like Witcher I or FTL) with a single hand. These games are both action and idle because you can press spacebar to stop action and think about strategy and what to do ...
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How to enable scrolling with Wacom touch strips and Gnome Shell?
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 with Gnome Shell and a Wacom Intuos 3. The tablet has a vertical touch strip on either side and I would like to use these for vertical scrolling.
xsetwacom reports that these ...
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FCITX Chinese-Black box appears instead of character options
Recently started having problems with the native pinyin input. It was working fine, then this week it stopped showing options for chinese characters. Instead, there is just a much larger black box. I ...
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Touchpad not detected in any linux distribution
I've installed several linux distributions and my touchpad isn't working in any of them. USB Mouse works fine and the touchpad works on Windows 10. I tried many different things I've found and none of ...
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Touchscreen & fingerprint not working Yoga 710-15
Touchscreen & fingerprint not working Yoga 710-15(fhd touchscreen, 8RAM, 2gb 940mx, ssd, i7 7500u). Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Kernel version - 4.4.0-57-generic. On ubuntu 14.04.5 the same thing(((
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Internal Microphone Disabled Upon Using Earbuds
I am running Ubuntu 14.04, and I have been using Discord (Voice-chat website). When I do not have earbuds plugged in, I can hear my friends and they can hear me, but when I plug in earbuds, I can ...
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Using HDMI input port
I have a dell inspiron aio running ubuntu 15.10 and it has a hdmi input port. I was planning to connect my chromecast to it (via hdmi) then casting my phone's screen to it or to just connect a set top ...
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My ubuntu randomly clicks on the screen and move text around when I have a text editor open
Recently I've noticed my mouse sometimes randomly clicks on buttons even though i didn't click at all. And blocks of text move around my IDE when I leave cursor motionless on the ide.
Side effects ...
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Is it possible to make external numpad or second keyboard only input to a certain window?
I picked up a external Logitech numpad recently and figured it might be useful to use it for macros.
However, since it's a numpad, every time I will press the button to set off the macro, that ...
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Sometimes, when I press Alt-F4, a stream of "p"s is generated
Sometimes, when I press Alt-F4 to close a program or window, the computer starts acting as if I'm holding down the P key, which creates lag and hijacks whatever text field is in focus.
Why is this ...
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Buzzing sound when speaker idle
i just installed Ubuntu, and am a new user. There is this constant buzzing noise coming from the speakers, when idle. When i play music, the sound goes away, and i hear the music fine.
I tried a few ...
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Keyboard doesn't work, title bars are gone
Been using Ubuntu Studio the last 5 days. Now, all of a sudden the title bars on top of the windows are gone and the keyboard can't write anything.
Numlock scrolllock capslock are all toggling ...
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(18.04) Gedit and Calculator with a transparent background for more than an year and I can't fix it
For more than an year Gedit and Calculator are unusable due to having a transparent background. Example: gedit transparent background
I have tried the suggestions here: Gedit has a transparent ...
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Reviewing history of inputs and outputs
I closed my previous session on Ubuntu and when I logged back in, I realized I wanted a screenshot of my previous outputs. I used history and that only gave me my last 50 previous inputs. Is there any ...
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How can I type Korean Yethangul on Ubuntu?
currently I have an Fcitx setup where I can easily switch between IBus Pinyin Chinese, Google Japanese Input, and Korean Hangul input.
However, I want to be able to type Yethangul, which are old ...
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Can't change input/output device (sound, microphone)
My laptop's microphone doesn't work.
I've tried connecting wireless earpods and other headphones to it, but I cannot change the default input/output devices.
I bought a small microphone that connects ...
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Ubuntu VirtualBox VM does not accept input after logging in
After successfully installing VBox Guest Additions, I can now change the screen resolution to whatever I like. Unfortunately, I now have another issue.
I can't type anything, I think it is not ...
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Ubuntu Studio 20.10 Loopback / Monitor Microphone Realtime
How could I further reduce delay?
Audacity seems to add a bit more delay. So I have routed input to output, and enabled realtime, through QjackCtl. I still notice quite a bit of delay.
I am at the ...
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Where is my audio device?
I'm new to Ubuntu, and haven't been able to figure this out. When I got to my sound settings, I can select an output device. My PC has two different aux plugs for headphones and a microphone. Neither ...
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How to remove ghost character devices?
Dears,
I installed a driver for a Xbox One controller. Unfortunately in this process a lot of "ghost devices" were installed too.
I want to remove these devices. I tried to remove from /dev/input ...
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Skype issues with key repeat
The problem I have is uncontrollable key repeat within Skype, which then makes the pc unusable for that session. This does not happen unless I use Skype for Linux, but when it starts I cannot type ...
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request 6 audio input for ubuntu 16/18
I got project for 6 audio input , I looking for using 2 pcs audigy RX
total 4 mic in with 2 line in fucntion, i sure in windows base i can software cortrol the audio input, but did the ubuntu 16/18 ...
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How to disable Apple SMC or Reorder dev/input/js*
I bought a generic usb controller and installed the package joystick and jstest-gtk to calibrate/set the mapping. In the jstest-gtk gui there is applesmc (this is an old macbook) as dev/input/js0 and ...
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Is there a way to run an sh script every time I plug in my mouse?
Every time I unplug and plug back in my Razer deathadder essential mouse, I want a certain script to be run (I've already made the script) which just sets up some settings for this mouse. Is there any ...
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How to make Space behave like Shift while Ctrl is held down? (Like at-home-modifier except Space behaves normally on press-down)
Basically, how could I turn Ctrl+Space into Ctrl+Shift while Space alone works normally?
I don't mind if the solution also involves other combinations of [Key]+Space to [Key]+Shift as long as Space ...
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Input lags when layout switch with Super+Space
After update to Ubuntu 17.10 I catch a new very annoying bug. My shortcut to switch keyboard layouts is "super+space". After the switch, I have input delay and loss 1-3 first letters. With "Ctrl+Shift"...
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How do I load an input driver
This is an academic excerise to grow my knowledge. I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 in a VM from alternate install. Installed xinit, openbox, and emulationstation. I have been playing around with ....
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Ubuntu doesn't show output and input devices
I cant't control the volume, it's muted but the sound comes out anyway, it only stops if I plug headphones.
Besides that, in the settings it is not showing the output and input devices, so I can't ...
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Increasing size of mouse pointer affected click area beyond 1x1 pixel?
is it possible to increase the size of the mouse pointer click area?
The click area seems to be 1x1 pixel only. Would it be possible to increase it?
So that the click area would be increased to 5x5 ...
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How to use on the spot Japanese input with fcitx and mozc? (as opposed to over the spot) (16.04)
Where can I switch to on the spot input style when using fcitx and mozc for Japanese?
By on the spot I mean displaying the letters at the cursor location as I type.
Now, when trying to type Japanese,...
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Computer not taking input from mouse and keyboard
Ubuntu 14.04 was working just fine. Today when I booted it is not taking any input from any keyboard and mouse. Since I had wireless keyboard and mouse I also tried with wired but didn't help.
I have ...
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Bq aquaris m10 ,install Japanese input programs
Ihave BQaquaris M10 ubuntu edition.
I want to input Japanese from an external keyboard.
Can I install Japanese input programs such as ibus-anthy, mozc or fcitx-mozc, anthy?
Other methods can be used.
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Numlock disables itself after use
Ever since I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS my numlock does not work the way it should. Everytime I enable it, press one of the numlock keys, it disables itself. Can I make this behaviour stop somehow?
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I want to beable to record the same audio input with multiple applications
As my title says. I would like to beable to record the same audio input from my sound card to multiple applications.
I have been told it can be done with a modification to asoundrc but I don't know ...