Questions tagged [keyboard]
General keyboard topics, including keyboard hardware and keyboard functionality in software.
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How do I re-enable the USB keyboard after changing the layout/language in GRUB?
I changed the keyboard layout in GRUB on a laptop to German/QWERTZ using the instructions from these posts.
How to change grub command-line (grub shell) keyboard layout?
Create de layout:
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How can I reconfigure my keyboard layout on Arch+KDE?
Recently I got a Thinkpad T480 with a US keyboard layout and installed Arch (I know, the stereotype...), with KDE.
I mostly use Windows for work, and I'm used to using an American physical layout ...
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Find laptop internal keyboard Controller model/vendor/Product #
Update 2: Found below in dmesg for a single Fn key press/release (even on released this month Ubuntu 25.10):
[ +4.340795] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/...
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Both shift keys don't work
Well yesterday everything was going normal until[three dots] I opened it today and can't enter dot, question mark, slash or that weird S minecraft uses for colors because my shift keys don't work;
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modify us keyboard layout to remap some keys
The goal is to have the following remaps working globally :
alt+y should send ctrl+c
alt+p should send ctrl+v
alt+backspace should send ctrl+backspace
What I am thinking about is to create a copy of ...
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Fn and FnLock on external Bluetooth keyboard have no effect
I have a very specific problem. I'm using a Thinkpad X13 Yoga (Gen 3) with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and an external Bluetooth keyboard of type ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II with German layout. (I would ...
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Is there a list of every scancode that Linux uses?
I am making another remapper like xkb, sxhkd, xmodmap etc. because I don't like the other ones and in this one I want a more simple and terse syntax that I find nice to use and to make an API that ...
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Certain keys are falling asleep on keyboard
My keyboard has a mind of its own and it's driving me crazy. I'm convinced it's not entirely a hardware problem, hence this question. Computer is a low-end laptop, fairly recent model.
A group of ...
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How to tell what virtual touch screen keyboard is installed?
I am working on a system that runs chromium in a docker container, and the docker container is running on a linux system. The screen attached is a touch screen.
I have heard numerous customer ...
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Control_L button randomly not registered in Fedora 42
For around 2-3 weeks I have the problem with Fedora 42 on my Dell Precision 5530 that my Ctrl keystroke is not registered. I did not change recently any keyboard configuration.
For example when I try ...
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Keys behaving differently when copying Xmodmap from Arch to Kali
I have copied my keyboard config(.Xmodmap file) from arch to kali. It is sourced in .xsessions and some keys work fine.
However some keys are not good, for example I use the first letter row of the ...
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NumPad Delete Key Not Recognized in Electron Applications
I'm having a frustrating issue with Electron-based applications while using Wayland. The Delete key on the numpad, which is supposed to remove characters to the right of the cursor, does not function ...
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Remapping a Volume Scroll Wheel on a keyboard
The Volume Scroll Wheel I am talking about in the title of the question is indicated on the image below.
The wheel's functionality is the following: when you scroll up - volume increases; scroll down ...
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How to prevent attaching headphones from altering the keyboard setup?
I have a Dell Latitude 7400 laptop running Linux Mint 20.1, with Linux 5.4 and Cinnamon 4.8.6.
When I log in, I run this script.
1 #!/bin/sh
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3 /usr/bin/killall xcape 2>/dev/null
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How to unset keyboard layout shortcuts in fedora
Yesterday I installed fedora. The set up allowed me to pick from a limited amount of shortcuts to switch the layout.
Now, in KDE, I found that I can set the shortcut to switch layouts from the system ...
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