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Keyboard

Posted: 10 Feb 2024, 16:09
by Jack
I have a Samsung tablet that has windows 7 on it and a built in keyboard. It has one USB port I can plug in a keyboard but I like to have Porteus Mate have the same kind keyboard. I can't have a keyboard and USB Porteus plug in at the same time. What kind of module can I get or use to have a built in keyboard?

Keyboard

Posted: 10 Feb 2024, 16:36
by Ed_P
Porteus has always supported my built in keyboard Jack. On 3 different notebooks. No module needed.

Keyboard

Posted: 10 Feb 2024, 23:51
by benkenobi36
Ed, I think Jack needs a on-screen keyboard for his tablet
Jack,use svkbd it works on all desktops it is a standard QWERTY keyboard

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slapt-mod -u
slapt-mod -M svkbd
it has no menu entry though use this command to run it from terminal

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svkbd

Keyboard

Posted: 11 Feb 2024, 15:13
by Jack
benkenobi36 wrote:
10 Feb 2024, 23:51
Ed, I think Jack needs a on-screen keyboard for his tablet
Jack,use svkbd it works on all desktops it is a standard QWERTY keyboard

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slapt-mod -u
slapt-mod -M svkbd
it has no menu entry though use this command to run it from terminal

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svkbd
I ran it and receive error. What do I need to do?

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guest@porteus:~$ svkbd
error, cannot allocate color 'FOREGROUND'
guest@porteus:~$ 
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# svkbd
error, cannot allocate color 'FOREGROUND'
root@porteus:/home/guest# 

Keyboard

Posted: 11 Feb 2024, 15:52
by beny
hi jack you have to specify the system environment we have two porteus but one is arch and other is slackware so https://slackware.nl/slakfinder/index.p ... e=#results and the other one you have to build from the aur branch with nemesis

Keyboard

Posted: 13 Feb 2024, 03:59
by babam
Jack wrote:
11 Feb 2024, 15:13
I ran it and receive error. What do I need to do?

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guest@porteus:~$ svkbd
error, cannot allocate color 'FOREGROUND'
guest@porteus:~$ 
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# svkbd
error, cannot allocate color 'FOREGROUND'
root@porteus:/home/guest# 
You can try onboard:

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# slapt-mod -u
# slapt-mod -m onboard

Keyboard

Posted: 13 Feb 2024, 05:09
by Jack
babam wrote:
13 Feb 2024, 03:59
You can try onboard:

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# slapt-mod -u
# slapt-mod -m onboard
Thank you it works. Can I make it load in I boot up Porteus?

Keyboard

Posted: 13 Feb 2024, 06:11
by babam
Jack wrote:
13 Feb 2024, 05:09
Thank you it works. Can I make it load in I boot up Porteus?
open /etc/xdg/autostart/onboard-autostart.desktop and delete line 146

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OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;MATE;