Thread: usb keyboard stops on-screen keyboard
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fanoush is offline fanoush
2008-01-03 , 16:21
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#6
Originally Posted by speculatrix View Post
I'm sure there must be a command one can enter, but of course it must be done before disconnecting the USB keyboard!
Thare was such command in 2007 and 2006 system - maemo-gtk-im-switch and it was used like
Code:
maemo-gtk-im-switch xim
maemo-gtk-im-switch osso-input-method
to turn keyboard off and on. Such command is no longer there in OS2008 and it works automagically. Seems like the magic sometimes fails :-)

I noticed that it disables keyboard also if you connect usb mouse or gamepad so I guess it monitors kernel input subsystem and when any device creates new input device in /dev/input/ (like all usb and BT input devices do) keyboard is disabled and when they vanish it is enabled. Maybe those device files sometimes fail to vanish on keyboard disconnection? Maybe because they are in use?
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