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Test and OK.

Thanks

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?

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.

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)

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.

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!

Why Bluetooth keyboard is necessary to install Bluetooth HID scripts?

@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

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?

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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