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Thanks!

Got this working perfectly.

But it should be wget -O /usr/share/applications/hildon/xvkbd.desktop http://mrrau.dyndns.org:23280/n800/xvkbd/xvkbd.desktop

not

wget -O/usr/share/applications/hildon/xvkbd.desktop http://mrrau.dyndns.org:23280/n800/xvkbd/xvkbd.desktop

Btw, ur desktop is the opposite of mine (cluttered) lol

Okay, with this deb file I was able to install your keyboard all fine and dandy.

I have a menu selection for this now that's located in the Extras folder but it doesn't have a special icon for it.

Anyway, after selecting it from the menu, nothing happens.

It's been over six hours now but still nothing.

Is it suppose to take this long? *lol*

Well, is there something that I can type in Xterm to see why it's being all fussy still?

And yeah, I even tried qwerty's suggestion as well.

Thanks.

Run it from the console as root.

You will see what libraries missing (unable to find libXpm.so.4 etc so run "apt-get install libxpm4")

Hey qwerty!

All I thought of typing was this in Xterm.

xvkbd


What should I be typing since that doesn't work?

Thanks!

That is all you can run

See what error you get

Hey KotCzarny,

Side question... Where did you get that theme!!

It's so clean, I bet it saves memory and things load faster.

Thanks

Okay, duh!

I didn't type root first before xvkbd in Xterm.

*Smacks forehead*

Turns out that I also needed libxmu6 which I picked up over at ArnimS's site.

Works great now even though it took 2 days to figure this out.

But hey, at least I'm not bitter!

Thanks all!

It works great but I have one problem: when used in a hildonized application,
pressing enter (return) invokes the hildonized virtual keyboard instead of
send a return, and pressing again minimizes the hildonized keyboard. Is there a way to send a return to the application from xvkbd?
It would also be nice if by pressing with the stilus and dragging one could move xvkbd around the screen. Thanks!

Humm? Hitting <Ctrl-m> instead sends the desired "return" key... at least on input to an xterm. But neither this or "Enter" works for input to a hildonized app. I tried it with the mac emulator BasiliskII and for this the "Enter" key works as expected.

-- Denis

@addison: hmm, it shouldn't require a root to run, most probably /usr/local isn't in user's PATH moving it to /usr/bin or running with: should work in terminal

@yadin: that's how the hildon works, because dpad center button is mapped to 'enter' (most hw keys send regular keys). for dragging, hum, you can try adding to the cmd line better fix is doable but requires adding code to source

@delaroca: hmm, true, i wonder what input it expects for simulated 'enter'.. maybe some dbus message i'll investigate it
btw. for quick sending ctrl-m use quick modifiers: press m and drag it to the left