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I recently installed KDE Plasma Ubuntu and every time I log in my user account a virtual keyboard shows up on the screen covering half of if. I will never use that keyboard so how can i get rid of it?

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  • I've never seen this with Kubuntu. Are you using Kubuntu? Maybe you can post a screenshot of the issue?
    – Nmath
    Sep 28, 2020 at 23:58
  • here is a link to an image I took with my phone because I also can't make screenshots=) drive.google.com/file/d/195dz_l0DYGGHRm_HGWVQvBpI0Vl0UYq6/…
    – KGBeast
    Sep 29, 2020 at 4:26
  • For the purposes of diagnostics can you create a new user and see if the problem persists? This will narrow down whether or not the problem is system wide or specific to your user. Maybe an errant config someplace
    – Nmath
    Sep 29, 2020 at 4:57
  • I did what you asked and the keyboard still shows up. I will try to change my GUI to the default one. Thank you for your help!
    – KGBeast
    Sep 29, 2020 at 12:15

2 Answers 2

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A) First, you may try to add Kubuntu desktop,

sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop

B) If adding Kubuntu-desktop does not work, you may try this;

i) Check cat /etc/sddm.conf. Make the file sddm.conf if it does not exit, i.e.

sudo touch /etc/sddm.conf

ii) If the file exists, change InputMethod= (yes, it should not be virtual keyboard). If you have made the file in the first step, add these lines (you may use sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf),

# Input method module
InputMethod=

iii) reboot

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  • This worked, thanks! kubuntu-desktop was already installed. I had to create the sddm.conf file with the specified setting.
    – ChrisW
    Aug 30, 2022 at 17:19
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cool! That worked for me. I had installed kde-full on ubuntu desktop standard and I wanted to get rid of that keyboard-screen:

  1. create sddm.conf (file did not exist before)
    sudo touch /etc/sddm.conf

  2. Edit /etc/sddm.conf and enter the following line:
    InputMethod=

  3. save and reboot - and - voila - keyboard gone

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