Questions tagged [keyboard]

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

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Ubuntu 19.10/18.04 key-binding bug

I recently installed Ubuntu 19.10. Worked as expected. I login this morning and begin typing. Several keys seem to have bound to each other. In particular the following happens: When I type the 'i' ...
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Repeat key functionality doesn't work

On logging into Oneiric, my repeat key functionality doesn't work. Holding in a key will not repeat. I can work around this by going into System Settings>>Keyboard and slightly adjusting the delay ...
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Control ALT Both left and right working as SHIFT

My (left/righ) CTR ALT right SHIFT work as left SHIFT.Im on freshly installed ubuntu 19.10 but tested 18.04,Linux Mint 19.3 and latest Kubuntu. And on each that system same problem presist. On ...
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How can I solve problems from dual boot on MacbookPro(Ubuntu) WIFI?

I have install on MacbookPro 2016 dual boot MacOs and Ubuntu? I havent connections on wifi,only with lan(sometimes).I try some commands that I find , but no solution.Thank you. 02:00.0 Network ...
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Can't find a way to enter BIOS settings!

I am trying to enter BIOS settings on my Lenovo Desktop PC, but I can't figure out how to do it! I have entered it before, because I had to enable Intel Virtualization Technology, but I don't remember ...
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What is the difference between giving input by typing from keyboard and by redirecting? [closed]

I've got a short, easy to understand piece of code: #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(){ char buff[0x10]; read(STDIN_FILENO, buff, 0x10); int result = write(...
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Can't use ctrl key in the game [closed]

I'am using Linux Mint and really love it. But there is an annoying issue. When I press the ctrl key, mouse pointer is doing some animation and I can't use ctrl key in the game. When I hold ctrl key in ...
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How to turn off right ALT to making: πœ©ß←↓→þðæŋ’ə…„”µ

How to turn off right ALT to making characters like: π œ © ß ← ↓→ þ ð æ ŋ ə µ
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Ubuntu 19.10 Super + Q to show dock and number overlay not working

I've upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 19.10 and I've noticed that the command Super + Q for showing the dock and the number overlay is not working. I've tried dconf Editor, remapping the "...
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Arrow keys don't work in SSH [duplicate]

I'm using SSH host with Ubuntu 16.04. When I use it i can't use in command line arrow keys for moving cursor (^[[D ^[[C) and using previously used commands (^[[A ^[[B), but when I use nano i can do it....
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Keyboard shortcuts require pressing the same physical keys although layout changed

I have a laptop with a German QWERTZ-based physical keyboard running Ubuntu 19.10 with Gnome-Shell. When I'm at my desk, I plug in an US-ANSI QWERTY keyboard via USB and switch the input method to "...
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keyboard backlight on asus vivobook s530ua

I installed ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on a brand new asus vivobook s15 s530ua and I can't turn on keyboard backlight. I already tried all xset and tee commands in vain. Please help !
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Keyboard backlight on Samsung S50 Style

I can't find a way to turn my laptop's keyboard backlight on. It's a Samsung S50 Style with Ubuntu 19.10. So far, I tried: xset led variations with xmodmap working with /sys/class/leds files looking ...
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log in without mouse when returning after logout

I would like to be able to get to login screen using keyboard only. When rebooting there is no problem, but after logout (and maybe screen lock and suspend) it seems to be necessary to drag up the ...
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How can the keyboard backlight be prevented from switching on when a power supply is connected in Ubuntu 18.04 running the MATE desktop environment?

If I have the power supply cable connected to the ThinkPad X390 here with the keyboard backlight switched off and then I disconnect and then reconnect the power cable, the keyboard backlight switches ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.4 VM running on Surface Pro 7 through Oracle Virtual Box Type Cover Keyboard not working

I'm trying to run Ubuntu 18.04.4 as a VM through Oracle VirtualBox on my Surface Pro 7. Virtual Box installed fine and Ubuntu installs fine up to when you have to enter account info to finish setup. ...
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German and french keyboard

I never used windows but had to while changing the laptop. I was immediatelly able to change keyboard settings to US international with all the french and german accents. I now hope for an equally ...
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Remap two keys for one application only

I am using NoMachine to connect remotely to a Mac. Unforunately NoMachine doesn't provide a way to map keys on it's own. While I am using NoMachine I'd like to swap my Control and 'Meta' (Windows) ...
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Unable to control keyboard backlight on ubuntu for input: eSport Arena eSport keyboard

Im unable to control the keyboard light for this keyboard. Its turned off after sleep. Dissasembled the keyboard there are 2x wtu602 chips in there and thats all I tried: xset led [1-32] dmesg ...
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Mnemonics not working in 18.04?

When typing Alt, I do see the first letters underlined. (I cannot do screenshot to show it here with the underlines.) But hitting F, E, V etc. does not do anything. I've tried adding gnome-flashback ...
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Skype loses focus when changing keyboard layout with ALT+SHIFT

This happens only in Skype on Ubuntu 18.04. I have used Skype on other platforms (Ubuntu and others) and this does not happen. I use ALT+SHIFT to switch keyboard layout to another language. When I use ...
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How to specify caps lock and control key mapping on a per-keyboard basis?

I have an external keyboard that I use with my Ubuntu 17.10 desktop and laptop at home, and the same species of keyboard on my RHEL 6.8 machines at work. But on my Ubuntu 17.10 laptop, I use the built-...
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Is there a way to use a custom keyboard mapping for indervidual applications

Currently, I am constantly switching between macOS and Ubuntu. Because I am using an Apple magic keyboard on both systems, I switched the left control key with the left cmd key (left win key) using ...
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Remap Keyboard Keys based on what keyboard being used

I have a Dell XPS13 and I'm using a Keychron K2 keyboard. The keyboard layouts are different. Is there a way of mapping different keys on the different keyboards? Either at the same time or some sort ...
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How do I enable the touchpad while typing in 16.04?

Having the touchpad disabled while typing slows down my typing with onscreen keyboards like OnBoard. In 14.04 there was a setting for this in the mouse settings, but it's gone now in 16.04.
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How to remap keys in Ubuntu 18.04 (GNOME Shell)

Trying to swap PgUp and PgDn to Home and End. xmodmap doesn't seem to work for anything other than xev output. Doesn't work in other cases.
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Laptop keyboard not working on Ubuntu 18.04

My laptop keyboard is not working, I have Ubunutu 18.04 installed. Only keys working are F1-F12 , ESC, TAB and Screenshot shortcut (s). The laptop is a Lenovo T440s Core i7 I have tried the ...
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Why does pasting a certain character change the chronology of the characters in the whole row?

I've got this funny problem when trying to copy and paste the character٭ It doesn't let me get my cursor behind it and swapps the whole line of characters (see gif). Also the cursor has a funny ...
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Kubuntu disable "alt" to menu shortcut

I am trying to use the "Alt" key for many keyboard shortcuts within visual studio code. But the moment I press "Alt" the cursor moves away from the text editor and up to the menu bar, opening a menu ...
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How to select a column of text in Sublime Text 3?

In Sublime Text 3 column selection shortcuts are Ctrl+ALT+Up and Ctrl+ALT+Down. Same shortcuts are defined In Lubuntu (/Openbox) as GoToDesktop Up or Down, respectively. I commented those shortcuts ...
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How to change the GRUB select menu key?

I want to select GRUB menu with a specific key. For example, the first menu key can be selected by pressing the F1 key, the second item can be selected by pressing the F2 key, etc... How I should do ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Login Problem - How to type a Russian username with a German keyboard on TTY

I turned on my laptop and I got a black login screen looking like this: <"computername"> login: As I think you have to type your username their and then confirm with your password. The problem ...
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Xorg input device from a named pipe

I am trying to create a virtual input device that does a complex remapping of key presses of an existing keyboard. The remapped output stream is written to a named pipe which is supposed to serve as ...
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Persistent remapping of keys with setxkbmap or Xorg configuration

I have been wracking my brain over the past week or so with what should be a straight forward problem. I want to permanently swap the CapsLock and Ctrl keys on my laptop. I emphasise the permanently ...
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How can I change the keybindings in Nautilus?

I'd like to change the keybindings in Nautilus. Specifically, I'd like to make it so Ctrl + Tab and Ctrl + Shift + Tab cycles between tabs instead of Ctrl+ PgUp / PgDn. I can't seem to find anything ...
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Keyboard fails after upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I upgraded my laptop (Toshiba Satellite C40-B) from 16.04 to 18.04. My laptop keypad and touchpad worked AOK in version 16.04, but with 18.04, they don't work, which leaves me stuck in the login page....
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Laptop keyboard stops working when external keyboard disconnected

I have an annoying problem every time I need to move with my laptop to another room. After disconnecting all external devices and few minutes work with laptop keyboard always facing problem with huge ...
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How to use Compose Key with ~/.XCompose on 19.10?

I'm trying to get compose key working and have successfully enabled the builtin ones via gnome tweak tool (e.g. <Multi_key> , <o> , <o> works). However I cannot get ~/.XCompose to ...
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Moving from one Modal area to another in Gnome Dialogs

My question is about modal menus in gnome. I have launched the "Settings" menu and scrolled down using arrow keys to "Mouse and Touchpad", then pressed Tab and I can see very faint highlighting around ...
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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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kbdrate on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Hyper-V virtual machine

I'm trying to increase the keyboard delay with sudo kbdrate -d 12 but it returns kbdrate: Failed waiting for kbd controller! Also, how do I query the current value of the keyboard rate and ...
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The keyboard layouts carpalx and carpalx-full are in the X Keyboard Configuration Database but not GNOME Settings

I want to use the keyboard layout carpalx-full. It is defined in the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us.* However, when I go to Settings > Language and Region > Input Sources > Add an Input Source > ...
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Apple Magic Keyboard 2, not working properly over bluetooth (16.10)

I've already taken a look at these posts: How do I get the Apple Wireless Keyboard Working in 10.10? and How do I get the Apple Wireless Keyboard Working in 10.10?, but none seem to resolve the ...
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Login Screen Keyboard Layout says German, but is actually English

On an Ubuntu 16.04 server, the login screen says the keyboard layout is set to German: However, when typing my password, I can clearly see this to be false. It appears to actually use English kbd ...
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Keyboard and mouse not recognized when installing 18.04.3

Have old computer running Windows 7: CPU - AMD FX-8350; Graphics Card - MSI AMD Radeon R7 240 - MB: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3; SSDs (2) - ADATA USA Premier Pro 2.5-Inch 128GB SATA III. Got Ubuntu, ...
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Fresh install of ubuntu 18.04 LTS (dual boot with windows.) Keyboard does not work

Just finished dual booting ubuntu, but my laptop keyboard does not work. External keyboards do, I have tried updating/reinstalling xserver-xorg-input-all, doing ctrl-alt-F3 on login screen (on ...
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Keyboard layout changes with each application

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and for some reason my keyboard layout changes with each application. If I start terminal, I get what I expect and it works correctly, however if I type something in the ...
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delete, arrows, and backspace not working in terminal when PWD is long

i am trying to work on a folder with a very long path. i am trying to work on a folder with a very long path. when i write commands i can't delete them with backspace or delete. the arrow key stop ...
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Xubuntu - Set Keyboard Shortcuts with Script

Does anybody know how I can write a script to define my keyboard shortcuts in Xubuntu 18.04? I am constantly setting up new computers with the distro, and I would like to add this to my "...
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Problem with login screen

I'm an ultra nooby beginner with Linux and Kubuntu, so please be patient :) Since yesterday I've got a stupid problem. When I turn on my PC, and when my login screen shows up, after 2-3 second it ...

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