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Use volume and playback keys without waking the monitor?

Often my laptop is just standing around and just playing music and for the below mentioned actions I don't need to see wat's going on on my desktop. Is it possible to use the volume and playback keys ...
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Slow brightness change on Ubuntu 18.04

I have a problem of too slow brightness change when I use the resp. keys on my keyboard. When I push one of the keys just shortly it takes about a second for the brightness to decrease/increase. ...
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Using CapsLocks as backspace

I want to use CapsLock as Backspace. I tried commands below and it works. setxkbmap -option caps:backspace xmodmap -e "clear Lock" But after restarting the computer, I need to type that commands ...
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Some keys not working until ~10/20min using laptop

I'm having, since 3-4 months some strange problems with my laptop's keyboard. It's an ASUS X401A running Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64. When I start the notebook, some keys (a, d, g, i, m, k, down arrow) don't ...
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Keys 3, e, d and c do weird things

I bought a Lenovo T410 laptop with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and GNOME 3.28.2. The 3, e, d and c keys do not work properly. This is their behavior: If I simply press them, nothing happens. In no ...
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Remapping keys with xkb in Ubuntu 18.04

My new laptop does not have right Control key. Instead it comes with useless more-less key. I tried to remap the key using xkb. In /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc there is a following line key <...
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Arrows in desktop not working

Im in ubuntu 19.04, and the arrows keys are not working in Desktop, does anyone know what could be happening? Thanks
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How to swap left Alt with left Win and use left Alt as 3rd level chooser?

How can i do such things as swap left Alt with left Win and use left Alt as 3rd level chooser? If I use both the swapping does not take effect but my Alt key is 3rd level chooser and Win key opens ...
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Sticky keys in tiling window manager

what is the best tiling window manager that supports sticky keys? I learned I3, but unfortunately it doesn't support sticky keys and I didn't find any applications to install on I3 that supports ...
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Whiptail menus not responding to key presses or mouse clicks - displays ```^[[B``` when I press down arrow

I have created an installer bash script for setting up a DigiByte full node via the linux command line. It works fine in Raspberry Pi OS lite 64-bit on the Pi 4, but if I install Ubuntu Server 64-bit ...
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TLS handshake decryption

I have an offline Pcap file with a lot of data from many different protocols. I would like to decrypt the Transmission Control Protocol data from the 3-way handshake. Transmission Control Protocol ...
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Media keys on Keyboard don't work during games

How do I make media keys work during fullscreen game play? The media keys on my keyboard i.e volume up, volume down, mute don't work during game play. If I want to adjust the volume I have to exit the ...
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Ubuntu can not find keyboboard keys

I have HP ProBook 450 G6 with Ubuntu 19.10 and KDE Plasma. F Keybord keys like always controll various system functions, but system 'thinks' that F8 is also F3,F4 and F5. So when I try to assign ...
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Stuck keys but not really stuck

This is my first post so I apologize in advance for any grammar error, missing information or if there's too much info. I have an old Dynabook b452/22gm currently with no OS installed. It wasn't dual ...
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Combinations of keys in Minecraft do not work reliably

When pressing Ctrl+W to sprint in Minecraft repeatedly within a timeframe of ~5 seconds, the game might sometimes fail to register one of the sprints. This does not happen on Windows 10. I've ...
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Some keyboard keys in Lenovo Ideapad 320E-15IKB D not working after Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS installation

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 320E-15IKB D, Memory: 8 GB, Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz × 4, Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 620 (Kaby Lake GT2), OS Type: 64-bit, HDD: 1 TB. I bought this ...
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Terminal Not Unlocking or Using SSH Key

I have one desktop that I can not get my ssh key to load on. I have it working on a desktop and laptop fine but a second desktop will not use the key from terminal. I deleted, recreated, etc and that ...
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How do I remap keys in Ubuntu-16?

I've been using Ubuntu for about a month now and have recently started using Vim. I would really like to know how to swap the Caps_Lock and Escape keys but am not sure how. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1 ...
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Installing Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux fails

I have Linux Ubuntu 12.04 & tried to install Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Linux. I choose the trial version link, give my email address & receive an email with further download links. ...
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Keyboard not working properly in gEdit - Ubuntu 14.10 - Asus 1015 pem

Keyboard not working properly in gEdit - Ubuntu 14.10 - Asus 1015 pem The issue is not happening in Libreoffice or other text area. It is intermittently happening in gEdit. At first, it keeps on ...
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remapping additional mouse buttons to multimedia keys

So, I bought a new mouse, and it has 4 additional buttons (2 thumb buttons, and scrollwheel left/right) and I was wondering, since my PC doesn't have multimedia keys, can I remap those buttons to play,...
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Brightness function keys not working in 12.04.3 LTS?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (info from cat /etc/issue/) on an Asus X401A Kernel is: 3.8.0-31-generic I've tried changing the /etc/default/grub file with the following: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="...
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How do I fix my 2014 HP Pavilion (64) keyboard

I ran my 2014 HP Pavilion 64 on a 20.04 Ubuntu system for a while. However, after the last update on my system in November 2023, my G, H, Esc, Backspace keys stopped working. I am a novice at this but ...
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I'm trying to remap some keys + Rctrl to act as the arrow keys but for some reason I can't use autokey

I use a 60% keyboard that doesn't have the arrow keys and while I was using Windows I remapped them using RCtrl + some other keys. Now on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS I'm trying to fix this problem. For some ...
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Just booted up my Lenovo laptop and certain keys on the keyboard are not working correctly

Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad 2 17ITL6 OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 s - brings up selection DownArrow - prints ~ i - prints ^[[2~ several other keys show nothing. There may have been some auto updates that ran ...
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Backspace, navigation keys and others not working after upgrade to 22.04.03

The following keys are dead after the upgrade: Nav left Nav down Backspace Page down G H Keyboard is US international with dead keys (definitely is now ;-)) Laptop is D Zbook 14 G1 lsb_release -a ...
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Pressing one key registers as two separate keys

My Delete key registers and delete and slash When I did xev and pressed Delete the following is shown root 0x7a6, subw 0x0, time 607462, (196,131), root:(368,295), state 0x0, keycode 106 (...
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How to force synchronization of SSH autherized keys from Ubuntu One account to Ubuntu Core IoT device

I added a few more SSH keys to the Ubuntu One account (https://login.ubuntu.com/ssh-key). Now, I want to make sure that these key are now sent down to the IoT devices that have Ubuntu Core installed ...
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Volume keys stopped working

Recently had a power outage in my area and my desktop was rebooted. Running Ubuntu 22.04. When the system came back up the volume keys that I configured (F2 - Volume down; F3 - Volume up; F4 - Volume ...
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Screen brightness increase and decrease keys inoperative

Screen brightness increase and decrease keys inoperative On notebook Lenovo: Family: IdeaPad 3 15ITL6 Press increases and decreases brigthness directly on the keyboard. But on Ubuntu 5.19.0-23-generic ...
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Cannot import Machine Key with Ubuntu 22.04? Previous versions such as 20.04.4 worked with no issue

When registering a public machine key with 22.04, I get the following error message: root@jmoriarty-test:/home/jmoriarty# mokutil --import /home/jmoriarty/cct_lbsp_key.der --root-pw Failed to get ...
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why doesn't my map command work in vi/ex?

I'm just learning how to use the vi editor, and was trying to make use of the following map command in my .exrc file: map K 0I^I^[j0O^I^[j0 That is what appeared when I created the map in ex mode and ...
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How can I fixe missing keys errors?

I really need your help as a fresher in linux :/ I have deleted the folder trusted.gpg.d located in /etc/apt/ and also deleted /etc/apt/sources.list.d. Now when I try to update I receive these errors: ...
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Keyboard is not working Why?

My keyboard has some keys that are not working like (/ spacebar N B ). Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't.
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Change Hyper key from mod 4 to mod 3

Is there any way to change this permanently? I do it with an xmodmap script but I have to run it every time I boot my device (Ubuntu 20.04) and I want to find a way to do it permanently
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Installing R from CRAN Ubuntu repository: No Public Key Error

any advice for the following, after being here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10255082/installing-r-from-cran-ubuntu-repository-no-public-key-error ? sudo apt-key adv --keyserver key-server....
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Using different RSA keys for SSH

I've been silently learning from all of you for a long time. So thank you in advance for that! But now I got to a point where no google search can help with this issue I'm presented. I've found some ...
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How to switch Z and Y key in Serbo-Croatian (US)?

What file should i edit in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/? Thanks!
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Ubuntu 20.04: keys don't work when I am on the Desktop (outside File Manager)

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04. When I am outside the File Manager/File Browser/Files, none of the arrow keys, delete keys, etc. work. They all start working once I am working inside the File Manager....
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Volume keys does not work Ubuntu 18.04

I have a bug with Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Gen (with Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 LTS installed) when it comes to using the Volume up/down keys. It just does not work, the rest is OK (e.g. the brightness keys work ...
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Keyboard not working until boot sequence is finished

Ever since the most recent updates of 25 November 2019 on 19.10 my keyboard isn't recognized from the boot screen until the after grub is done. As such I can't access the BIOS or other operating ...
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A problem with remapping ctrl key

I need to bind ctrl key instead of winkey. I tried do remapping with file usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc and with setkeycodes, but nothing helped me. It is not working with combinations as ctrl + c and ...
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Specific keys swap between working and not working

I've been having a lot of issues on my keyboard as of late, which are getting progressively worse. My space, enter, ctrl,v, and n keys just simply stop responding! But here's the kick - they ...
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How to assign defective keys in Ubuntu Gnome?

I'm new to Ubuntu. A friend who's a FOSS advocate influenced me to shift from Windows. Btw, I have defective letters f,v and z on my keyboard. I was able to assign keys `, [ and ] in windows to make ...
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num lock messing up keys on right side of keyboard

I am using ubuntu 14.04 on a HP Pavillion DV9700 laptop. This use to work fine (for years) I have had 14.04 running for at least 3-4 months. This problem just started a couple weeks ago, not sure ...
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mousekeys pointer not visible with mouse removed

So I tried out mousekeys, and it works, but when I remove the mouse, after I restart, I have no mouse pointer. What can I do to force the mouse pointer to appear even when the mouse is removed? thanks....
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Swap Keys for Game

I want to swap Tab key with Left Shift key for playing Dota 2 from Steam. I swap the keycodes of the keys and works fine until I start the game. I push Tab (it should be shift to queue actions) but ...
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Gmusicbrowser does not let me bind Fn key

Im trying to bind the play/pause button to Fn+Down but it only lets me put down
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Asus Q400a fn keys not working

I am having problems enabling the screen brightness keys in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I was able to find a instructions to enable the function keys for the backlit keyboard but I can not find instructions for ...
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Multimedia keys (previous, play/pause, next) don't work

Only those three keys won't work. Volume, screen brightness keys are working like a charm. Anyone know what's the problem? I tried already manualy to adjust media shortcuts eventho I knew it's system ...
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