Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

well all I can is thank you thank you...finally got my su-8w working

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

To me it is working.

I have a question.

What if I need the external keyboard is in a language and keyboard of the N900 in another? How I can do? Is that I change the language on the two keyboards at once.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

could some1 guide me how to install this app.... when i try to download from extra-devel its start downloading and while installing process in between a message appears saying u"nable to install" when i try to install dependenses xkbd-data bla bla file it says unsupported file format..... im really sick with this app..............

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

ill be ordering a BT keyboard soon due to this !!!!!

:D

thanks !

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

First of all calm down man.

Second:

1. Open Application Manager and make sure you have extras-devel repository enabled. If not click here http://repository.maemo.org/extras/i...mantle.install
2. Select Update
3. Go back to Application Manager main menu and select Download
4. Select System
5. Find extkbd(External Keyboard Support) and install it by clicking on it and following instructions.

Third:
You have been asked several times to provide some useful feedback so I can polish things and you are replying with "xkbd-data bla bla" . If you continue with this attitude I will just ignore your messages in future. Think about simple fact that you are not paying me (or anyone at TMO) for development or support.

And please would you explain me how you can be sick with application you cannot install. And it is your fault that you cannot install it, not mine, trust me.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

No, you can have different languages on internal and external keyboard. Just select what you need from UI. The only restriction is that when you switch language on one keyboard, the language on other is also switched (in set of languages it is set up).

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

I ask because I have an external keyboard has no keys charaters in languages like Spanish. The N900 does have those keys Tenma.

When connecting an external keyboard the N900 loses its settings and vice versa.

With the 1.x versions did not. Separately maintained "layout."

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

ok dude let me explain you very clearly:

i can see External Keyboard Support - extkbd app in App Manager
when i click on it, it start downloading and while installation process a message pops up saying unable to install (while in between take it 70% install, and when you open settings from main menu you can see extkbd app next to Theme Customizer of Black Plastic theme, then i taught its dependenses might be missing so i downloaded this dep xkb-data-extkbd 1.8-1-2m5 when i try to install manually from app manager its says app format unsuppprted
what shall i do? kindly guide me...
thanks

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Ok, try this

in xterm:
sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get install extkbd

copy the output and place it here, so i can check what is wrong

and BTW what happens when you click on External Keyboard in settings

and is there anything in Application Manager logs

what firmware version your N900 is

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Is it safe to remove using app manager? I read somewhere it could make your n900 reboot endlessly...:confused:

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

output:

/home/user # apt-get install extkbd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
xkb-data-extkbd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
extkbd xkb-data-extkbd
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 476kB of archives.
After this operation, 3379kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free xkb-data-extkbd 1.8-1-2m5 [416kB]
Get:2 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free extkbd 1.0.1 [60.1kB]
Fetched 476kB in 4s (109kB/s)
(Reading database ... 43657 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xkb-data-extkbd (from .../xkb-data-extkbd_1.8-1-2m5_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xkb-data-extkbd_1.8-1-2m5_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/X11/xkb/geometry/pc', which is also in package bt-hid-scripts
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package extkbd.
Unpacking extkbd (from .../extkbd_1.0.1_armel.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xkb-data-extkbd_1.8-1-2m5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
/home/user #

when you open extkbd app from settings this thing appears:

http://piousmomin.deviantart.com/art...n-02-186775400

im using PR 1.3 Global Version.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

I see.

Boy, what is written on very first page on this thread is following

UPDATE: Seems that there is a conflict with bt-hid-scripts package, will try to resolve it and will upload fixed version. For now you should deinstall bt-hid-scripts before installing extkbd.

re error message when you start extkd - that is normal, once you configure at least one keyboard , the message will not appear anymore.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Look at first page, section "UNINSTALLING: "

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

thanks!!! hope you resolve this issue and upload a fixed version soon.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Mostly worked for me, although one time I had to delete and re-pair my BT keyboard to get any characters to go through, and the control panel crashed the first time I tried to access it.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

what do you meen "crashed"?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

It flashed up an error on one of those gold popup bars very quickly about not being able to find some file (I remember it had /hal/ in it's path) I didn't have time to read it all. So it never left the settings window when I clicked on External Keyboard. But when I clicked it again it worked.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

"Cannot open /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/99-x11-external-keyboard.fdi - no such file or directory" - the message is normal, it appears if you do not have any configured keyboards, so no crash ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%28computing%29

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Found one other problem - after the first reboot after installing the app, the custom internal keyboard layout I used to have has been reset to default. I'm guessing the default layout file was packaged with extkbd, maybe it should use the existing one instead.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

When trying to reconnect keyboard error message appears. Something "bluez.org" doesn't exist.

What is that?interface looks nice by the way.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

You should enable bluetooth input plugin , look here

http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_Unsu...ds_and_mice.29

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

¿Se puede adaptar para que funcione con los teclados que no son Bluetooth?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Means what ?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

"Can it be adapted so it works with non-Bluetooth keyboards?"

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

It is not written exclusively for BT keyboards, USB is suported too, see first page. What other kinds of keyboards could be connected to n900?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

app is great.. but question on now how to show the mouse cursor when a bluetooth mouse is connected

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Just uploaded mouse support in extras-devel, should be available for download in half an hour, will open announce thread too

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Here it is
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=882380

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Is there any way to set the correct key mapping for igo stowaway keyboard, i have it set as pc105 english?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

And which keys are incorrectly mapped when set as pc105?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Test and OK.

Thanks

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

I get an error each time I lauch the external keyboard configuration from the settings menu, reinstall didnt help. Mouse works though:

"cannot parse /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/99-x11-external-keyboard.fdi at line 1, column 1 - unexpected end of file"

what am I doing wrong?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

What happens when you press Save button on UI? And will you please zip and attach /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/99-x11-external-keyboard.fdi here.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

For me they are set correctly when using pc105 (US, standard). However, sometimes a few of the keys do not react very well; the RH shift key, RH space bar and up button. May be hardware related though, I will test on my Symbian phone later.

By the way, it also tends not to work when it reconnects. Or maybe it just sometimes doesn't work at all for some time, it's a bit hard to tell since it's so irregular. After some time it may start working again.
When it does work, the number keys are set correctly.

(I have a Dell Think Outside keyboard, a rebranded Stowaway)

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Could be related to bluetooth. Sometimes it is a battle for me too to connect simultaneously bt mouse and keyboard, have to switch bt on and off, to reconnect devices, etc. Nothing to be done here.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Just some (stupid) questions as I'm currently stuck with a non-working layout. I have extkbd 1.0.1, xkb-data-extkbd 1.8-1-2m5 and bt-hid-scripts 0.12-2fremantle1 installed and now can pair my chinfai keyboard (two days ago I even didn't succeed pairing it, might be related to latest update of bt-hid-scripts). But it doesn't work satisfactorily at all and I can't figure out were the problem is.

What it does:
After manual pairing I can use parts of the keyboard. After switching kb off I have to manually unpair it (or what is it called when dividing them?).

What it does not:
No automatic pairing after switching keyboard on and no automatic unpairing after switching it off.
After pairing I can only use lowercase letters (i.e. <shift> doesn't work), I can't use any key except for letters (a-z), <left> (triggered by <down>), <right> and sometimes <tab> (triggered by some special key for webbrowser). Numbers are created by longpressing a key in the upper row as well as special characters are mapped to the letters they are on internal keyboard. In short: the layout is similar to the internal one but with less working keys.

Now, that's the point where this app should jump in and change the layout, right? But I just can't get any different layout to work. I tried german mapping, UK, USA, different layouts (105 key, 102 key, 101 key) but there is absolutely no change. I also always repaired the device in case the changes only affect new pairing.

Do I miss something? There is no error shown and the keyboard keeps on working at its very low level. And what can I do about automatic pairing/unpairing?

Sorry if these questions are already answered but I'm actually completely confused with all these different threads, wiki pages and snippets everywhere. I just want my keyboard to work at least like the internal one, that would be an awesome beginning!

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: Firmware is 1.3 and kernel is kernel-power 46. Any other info needed?

EDIT2: automatic pairing / unpairing now seems to work but it takes ages!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

Why Bluetooth keyboard is necessary to install Bluetooth HID scripts?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

@x-lette Try to uninstall bt-hid-scripts and reinstall extkbd, although I have no idea in what condition is your system after installing both bt-hid-scripts and extkbd. And also could you attach /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/99-x11-external-keyboard.fdi here, so I can check what are your actual settings

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

The keyboards list does not show my Apple Keyboard that is connected. I have done everything correctly I believe. Can someone give me some pointers?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] External Keyboard Support - extkbd
 

wikid app - my BT mouse works again.........

funny that I needed this to make it work... extmouse on its own didnt work

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