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Questions about keyboards, both touch and otherwise. However, please add the "touchscreen" tag for touchscreen keyboard questions.

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Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym XXX with keysym XXX (keycode XX)

I performed a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my desktop that I've been using Ubuntu on since Ubuntu 11.04. As I'm setting everything back up and installing all of the 3rd party software I ...
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Is there any application for vimium-like interaction with desktop using keyboard?

Vimium plugin for chrome allows to follow any link on the web-page with the following actions: Type f. It causes unique string to appear near every available link. Type string associated with the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500

Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I ...
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skypeforlinux crashes the keyboard

I recently installed Ubuntu 18.0.4 and after that skypeforlinux in several ways. I can use Skype to type messages, everything its OK, but when I make a call it crashes the keyboard. After that, I can'...
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Input delay when using two keyboards under Ubuntu 18.04 (Xorg)

Ubuntu 18.04. Due to the ergonomics benefit, I use two bluetooth keyboards at the same time for the same local machine. Under Ubuntu Wayland environment, typing works perfectly. Key strokes appear at ...
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How can I disable Ctrl+Alt+F10 on 14.04/Gnome/Compiz

I get the standard behaviour when I press this combination which sort of switches off the display and I know that I can go back to it by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F7 but the IDE I use has a pretty useful ...
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How can I swap Super and Ctrl *except* in Terminal?

As a 10+ year OS X refugee using Ubuntu 14.04, I'm trying to get my keyboard set-up as close to OS X as possible, and I'm actually using the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (and have already found ...
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Shift + numeric keypad prints number (with NumLock off)

Since Lenovo have decided to place the Home and End keys in unreachable locations on my Thinkpad, I use the numeric keypad for these. With NumLock off, 1 = End and 7 = Home. One typical use for this ...
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On a keyboard layout where caret (^) is a combining key, how do I make it not combing without using the spacebar?

On my keyboard layout, the caret is one of the dead keys, a combining diacritical mark that one has to combine with a second key. e.g. to produce ê I type ^e. To type ^ I need to type ^ spacebar. ...
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How to remap Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 2019 model the Office and the Emoji keys?

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard the 2019 model (not the old one 4000 model) generates several keystrokes for the new keys. It is well known how to remap the Zoom slider of the old version however the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 super key switcher (gnome-shell app menu)

I notice that there is a tiny delay between pressing super key and app menu emergence. Is there a way to reduce it to zero ms ? Moreover it is very uncomfortable, that keyboard arrow keys focus is ...
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Popup keyboard for emoji characters

How can I get a popup virtual keyboard with emoji characters while typing in a text field? I'd prefer a solution where selecting characters inserts them directly into the text field (that is, ...
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Ubuntu GNOME 16.04: Shortcuts and function keys stop working after a while - why is that?

I switched from Windows to Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 a little while ago and noticed that frequently, at some point during a session my OS keyboard shortcuts (like CTRL+ALT+T to open up the Terminal, or ...
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Right alt works as some kind of shortcut

I don't even know how to properly name this problem. So I use Polish keyboard layout meaning I use ALT GR fairly often to get special characters. It works normally but when I want to, say, search for ...
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Keyboard and touchpad not working during 2016 12" MacBook install

I recently got a 2016 12" MacBook and am attempting to install Ubuntu 16.04 on it. I created a live USB using Mac Linux USB Loader as recommended by UNetbootin's website. With the boot options noacpi ...
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Why does my keyboard suddenly stop working?

I have been using dual-boot on a Lenovo Flex for about 3 weeks now with Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04. Ubuntu started getting funny with unreliable connection (Wifi was connecting but not transfering ...
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Assistive Technology for Hands Free Use

I'm looking for packages compatible with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS that facilitate using the computer without hands. Examples include: eye gaze tracking mouse software dictation software capable of coding ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Laptop internal keyboard and touchpad no longer work

A few weeks ago, I updated 18.04 through 19.04 to 20.04 on my Acer laptop. Everything was fine. A few weeks later, without having done any major update or operation I can remember, I booted up to find ...
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Map Fn+Direction Keys to Home, End, etc

On Apple keyboards, one of my favorite features on Linux is that if I hold Fn+Left, it triggers the Home key, the Fn+Right triggers End, Fn+Up triggers PageUp, and Fn+Down triggers PageDown This ...
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Restrict waking up from suspend to specific buttons only

I have an Acer Aspire notebook with 16.04 installed on it. Currently when I suspend, it wakes up on basically everything, including: opening the lid pressing the Power button pressing any keyboard ...
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Keyboard shortcut for switch to workspace 11 doesn't work

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm trying to setup a few keyboard shortcuts for switching to specific workspaces, but the one for switching to #11 doesn't work. The problem seems to be exclusive to ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 OS Keyboard Shortcuts Caught by Programs

I am trying to set alt+a to a keyboard shortcut within system preferences > keyboard shortcuts. I click to the shortcut I want to set so that it says "new accelerator," but hitting alt+a sends me back ...
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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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Xubuntu - how to disable SHIFT toggles numpad keys?

By default In Ubuntu I can perform Shift+Home to select content from caret to start of string, while NumLock is turned off. But if in that case I press just Home, it will type 1 instead of moving ...
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Rrrepeattt keyys in Ubuntu 14.04 driving me nuts

Problem: Repeat keys while typing, unless I use an extraordinarily slow and careful touch on the keyboard. (Example: Thhe quickk browwn fox.) System: Dell Precision 7710 with Ubuntu 14.04 and ...
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Mapping Left `Ctrl` and `fn` keys in Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

So I've spent a solid couple of hours trying to figure out how to remap a couple of keys on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440p laptop. This article from 2020 got me pretty close. It uses the xmodmap command to ...
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Is there a proper solution to "Keyboard and Mouse not working after boot" problem?

I recently replaced a smashed screen on a HP Spectre x360 G2, running Ubuntu 20.04LTS. However, after booting up again I had lost the use of the laptop's touchpad and keyboard (NB. devices still ...
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Shift+Ctrl not working

After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, I have noticed any shortcut involving both Shift and Ctrl does not work if I Shift before Ctrl. In other words, Shift+Ctrl+T does not work but Ctrl+Shift+T works. This ...
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There's a significant delay in Ubuntu responding to volume up/down from my keyboard (about 1 - 3 seconds) in Ubuntu 20.04

this one's got me a bit stumped. Note that this is on a fresh install of 20.04, not an upgrade. The issue can be summarised as: At any time, if I attempt to use the keyboard's volume keys, there is ...
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Can I program an external numpad to do certain keystrokes?

So, first of all, I'm a huge Ubuntu noob, and I'm currently running 16.04. I'm primarily a mathematician, and I spend a lot of my day using LaTeX, which can get tedious. So, I'm thinking about using ...
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Is there a way to reconfigure function keys on Ubuntu 19.04?

I installed Ubuntu 19.04 on HP ProBook 450 G6 and noticed my function keys for increasing/decreasing brightness both act as toggling microphone, the rest works fine (and everything works fine on Win ...
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All USB devices randomly disconnecting in Ubuntu 19.04

I recently bought a new PC (i7-9800X, 3.8GHz, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) and installed Ubuntu 19.04 a few days ago. After a random period of time of use, could be 30 minutes or several hours, or sometimes not ...
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HP Omen with keys P1 through P6. How to get keys connected to them?

The keys are supposed to respond to mouse events. Under windows the keys report the same as the keys to their right (so P1 -> ESC ... P6 -> Control) These commands report nothing (used after a sudo -...
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Disable tablet mode entirely, how?

It only causes bugs and I never use it. Willing to uninstall the functionality entirely. Dell Inspiron 13 (i3-7100U/4GB/1TB) Product sku: QF9-01403
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Lenovo Yoga keyboard in tablet mode

Is it possible to prevent the notebook keyboard from being disabled on screen rotation (to tablet mode) in Lenovo Yoga series? So far I've only been able to dig to: /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state ...
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libinput: How to properly set up trackpads to inverse scroll in 16.04 and onward for Logitech wireless keyboards + trackpads?

I found a real nice answer here that would be great if it worked: https://askubuntu.com/a/820098/134500 I'd like to use libinput to get scrolling to work properly as well as other trackpad and ...
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For laptops that don't have a numpad, how can I create one?

I've noticed when looking for a new 13" laptop from Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc, they do not have a Numpad - not even one working with the FN (function key). I googled a lot, trying to find a way to make a ...
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Help me set NumLock on external keyboard different from internal laptop keyboard

I have an Entroware laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 installed. I have attached an external logitech wireless mouse and keyboard set through a USB port. Now, whenever I change the NumLock status on the ...
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ctrl+alt+l still logging out after disabling in Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts

Some Ubuntu stock keyboard shortcuts are interfering with IntelliJ applications (PhpStorm in my case). I disabled the logout keymap by launching Settings > Keyboard > Shortcut, selecting the logout ...
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How do I remap my CAPS Lock key to Hyper?

I tried this guy's solution, but I got the following error: X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 118 (...
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Keyboard Randomly Stops Working (Lenovo IdeaPad Y700-15ISK)

My Keyboard suddenly stopped working while watching youtube videos. The video stopped and the keyboard did not work anymore. Nothing happened when I typed. Also other keys like adjusting volume, ...
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After upgrading to 16.04 keyboard and mouse lock up at random times

After upgrading to 16.04 (from 14.04) keyboard and mouse lock up at random times, and then the only thing that I can do is to manually power cycle the machine. My machine is an older ACER with dual ...
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Num Lock Key Randomly Turning On and Off

First time caller, long time listener. I have been using Mint for a few years and have recently switched to Ubuntu. Everything was great until I purchased a newer laptop. With this laptop, number ...
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KDE keyboard options (like ctrl:nocaps) stop working randomly

edit: turns out my keyboard was disconnect/reconnecting. KDE is supposed to handle that, but it isn't. reported as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346336 I'm using Kubuntu 15.04 (kde 5.2.2-...
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How to re-enable PrintScreen shortcut to fire ksnapshot?

In the past I used to fire ksnapshot by hitting the Print Screen key on my keyboard. Since some time now (< 1 year, I am running Kubuntu 14.04 with KDE v4.13.3) this is not happening anymore. ...
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Disable keyboard input wake up

I want to disable making my laptop wakes up from suspend on keyboard input. I searched a lot and I disabled all devices in /proc/acpi/wakeup but it still wakes up when clicking any button. I checked ...
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Macbook pro volume keys not working

Macbook Pro 5,4 volume hot keys no longer change the volume. Numerous reboots, remapping of the keys in system settings, still not working. mute key works fine but volume up and down are not ...
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Bind ALT + Left/Right arrow to HOME and END keys in XKB

I have tried a few ways to achieve this but none of them seemed to work, autokey inserts both the Alt + → and end keys in applications. I am looking for a solution in XKB where I have already done a ...
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Ubuntu and Qt creator keyboard layout change problem

When I run Qt Creator on my Ubuntu 14.04 with English layout, it always types in English and it won't change if I change my layout to other language. In front, when I run Qt Creator with Persian ...
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Mouse and Keyboard will not work Windows 7 Dual Boot

My mouse and keyboard work fine in Ubuntu, as well as grub. However, when I boot into Windows 7, I cannot get past the login screen because the mouse and keyboard do not work. The lack of light on my ...
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