Ubuntu :: Multiple Simultaneous Keyboards With Unique Layouts
Aug 25, 2010
As the title says, I'm interested in two (or more) simultaneous keyboards, each with a unique layout. Everything I've researched indicates this should be possible, but I'm unable to get it to work. Regardless of how I set things up, all keyboards consistently operate as if they share the CoreDevice setting in xorg.conf.
In the above config, both keyboards behave as if they're set for the USA layout. Changing the layout in gnome-keyboard-properties affects all of the connected keyboards equally, but has no provision for altering individual devices.
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Sep 30, 2010
hen I was still using hardy heron, I made a few posts trying to figure out if there was a way to really take advantage of the separate workspaces/desks.Has any progress been made in this direction? I want to do more than move firefox windows around. I want to dedicate a workspace to different projects or aspects of my life. I want to have different icons up in each one that relate to the project I'm working on and only that project
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Feb 7, 2011
I work in a company where the Ubuntu server is managed by different people around the world.
Day-to-day admin : me in France with an Azerty keyboard
Level 1 24/7 support : team in US with a Qwerty keyboard
Of course there's commands like sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup but this one affects the whole system. I've searched quite a lot on how to change the keyboard layout for one person only, but it always relates to the Gnome interface. So I'd like to know if you knew a way to locally change the keyboard layout, only the SSH connection of the user? Maybe in the startup scripts of the bash session, or even better, when the user types his user login (so it detects his language and automatically switches to the right keyboard).
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Feb 7, 2010
I really hope someone could help me with this problem. I've been stuck on this for a month.I am using the sftp command to upload files using a bash script.The problem is that it is extremely slow to do it this way. as many of you would know if you have shared server somewhere. I would use scp if remote server supported it, but it doesn't.
Anyway, If any of you have ever used FileZilla, in the Settings, if you go to "Transfers" there is a place where you can set the number of "maximum simultaneous transfers". This feature works wonders with SFTP (and FTP too). It really speeds things up. How do I accomplish this same thing with the sftp command... because I don't want to use a GUI. I don't even mind using FileZilla through the command line if possible... but it does not seem to be possible. I've been stuck on this for a month!!! I've searched everywhere and tried a lot of things with no avail...
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Nov 5, 2010
I work for a company that uses Ubuntu exclusively. Without going too much into detail, we need a single sound-card to do up to 3 things at one time. What I mean by this, basically, is that there needs to be 3 instances listening to a card's line-in port at any one time. For example (these are made-up), Audacity listening to the line-in jack and making a recording of what it hears, a custom script that streams the input to the internet, and a third instance that listens to this input and runs different scripts based on what it hears.
Currently, our company sends out machines with 3 sound cards to do this. One card for each job. Of course, we'd like to save money and only send out one. Whenever we try to set all 3 programs to run off of one card, they error out and say something along the lines of "device already in use". Is there a way to go around this? If so, how? We use the command-line version of Ubuntu 8.04. It is NOT x64. The hardware may vary a bit, but is for the most part, consistent. (We order in batches of 50.)
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Jan 14, 2010
I read a lot of PDF documents using the default Document Viewer and I am wondering whether there is an application or a hack to have several PDF files concurrently open in one application (maybe like tabs in a browser?) since switching between one application to a specific PDF always takes time.(Especially with more than 4 PDF files concurrently running.)
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Jun 1, 2011
Each day I need to copy N files from a source location to a mirror at a specific time (where N is very large). Let's say I tell multiple CPUs to each run an rsync simultaneously on a subset of the files (network and disk bandwidth are not an issue). Ideally each CPU would be responsible for a disjoint subset of the N files, but in practice this is sometimes hard to guarantee. (Some of the source files might be "claimed" by more than one CPU.) As a result, sometimes rsync I and rsync J will both try to copy file F at the same time.
Using rsync -avz --delete --temp-dir=/tmp remote:/path/to/source/ /path/to/dest/, let's say rsyncs I and J both see this situation to start:
[Code]...
Now rsync J finishes copying but generates an error when it tries to move its version of FileB to /path/to/dest/ because there's already another FileB there that it didn't see when it started.
Does one of rsync's many options somehow handle this situation? Ideally I'd like an option that tells rsync, "Believe in yourself. You can do no wrong. Feel free to overwrite anything your little heart desires." so that it wouldn't complain about the FileB that has suddenly appeared mid-execution
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Aug 17, 2011
How can I configure a single computer to work for multiple simultaneous users? I would like to have multiple keyboards and monitors on a single PC ... Is it possible? This set up I'm planning for CyberCafe, For cyberCafe business ROI is very slow... so was planning to have something like this....
-single CPU (Which would act as a server)
-Multiple monitors, keyboards, Headphones etc....
If this works out then I would save a lot on my investments (OS cost, Hardware devices, electricity etc)
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May 13, 2011
Have this script which is reading in a series of files, one at a time with while-do-done loop, each file goes through various greps/awk's where this info is then saved to various files for later use. i.e....
Script is being run on Linux Red Hat,
In one of the grep/awk's the output (currently) are 2 columns (min max), i.e....| awk '{print $1, $2}' | sort -u which outputs (e.g.)
The number of "min max" pairs varies from file to file. Want to output a single column of unique numbers from the min max pairs & get the number of them for input to a file...i.e...
Where <PROCESS> is some process/technique that will generate a single column of integers (increment of 1) to pipe into the next one (sort -u)
i.e. (example from above)
Have tried command seq - only works for single pair input i.e.
Is there any command like seq etc which will output a single column based on a input of min max numbers (increment 1) to pipe onwards to next command?
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May 18, 2010
I physically have a Dvorak keyboard (i.e. not using the layout switch). I also occasionally type in Russian, using the software layout switch available in Ubuntu (I'm using Hardy Heron).
I am unable to switch layouts (correctly) unless I am using a QWERTY keyboard. Is there an easy way to tell Ubuntu that I am using a standard Dvorak keyboard and to adjust the layout maps appropriately? If this is unavailable, how can I make my own Russian keyboard layout to correct for this?
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Jun 24, 2011
I have a proprietary device - something like an iPad screen - which has a front panel display with touchscreen buttons that work internally as a USB keyboard. During testing/debugging I want to connect it to another keyboard via the external USB port.Any application which I open on the device by pressing some characters on the touchscreen accepts input codes from either USB keyboard. I want to limit the touchscreen USB keyboard input only to a specific set of apps.Is there a program which can help me detect which USB port or device the code is coming from? Or someway I can map one keyboard to send a different set of codes? The device is using Linux.
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Aug 1, 2010
If there is a file in the Ubuntu Repository that will drive a Music Keyboard connected to a desktop computer through a joystick connector? If so, what is the name of the best file in the Ubuntu repository? Then, if there is a driver file for the keyboard, are there any additional files that would be good to download to play piano music on that keyboard?
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Aug 18, 2010
when we do set -o ignoreof it will disable the working of ctrl+D confirm which file will effected with this command . also i want to assign that whenever i will press space bar my gnome-terminal will open how can it is possible . whre keyboard shotcuts working are placed any designation file ?
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Apr 28, 2010
I would like to be able to have two sessions, each with their own monitor and each having their own, assigned input devices, all off of one computer. In other words, two people would be able to use two different keyboards/mice and two different monitors simultaneously using two different sessions. Is this possible, or should I look into a terminal server machine?
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May 4, 2011
I am having a lot of trouble with my computer... tried to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 on my computer, but the update crashed and then the keyboards lights just kept blinking. So I thought okay, I will try A fresh install. So I plugged up my old dinosaur and made a new boot cd. When I try to boot it, it shows that it is loading. But then the screen will go crazy, it will be a bunch of mashed boxes with funy colors sort off.can not get any responce out of it. So I try the boot cd in my old computer and everything works great.My computer specsare(custom):Motherboard = msi 785gm-e51 / 760gm-e51Cpu = AMD Phenom 2 duel core, running around 3.7 GHzRam = 2 gigs of ddr3Video card = GT240 galaxy...Geforce 200 series...An old wimpy 80 gig hardrive..Any ideas, I really like Ubuntu and usally have no problem that I can not Google myself out of but this time I can not find what I need.
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Aug 5, 2010
Whenever I boot my Fedora 13, I see that the keyboard layout is switched to USA. I switch it back to TR, and it goes until the next reboot.. Then I have USA again..
I tried removing the USA layout altogether, it just comes back at next reboot.
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Jul 22, 2015
I use jessie-32bit of kernel 4.1.3 on ASUS EeeBook X205TA.
And I use Japanese Model. There are key 【,|】and【,_】in this model keyboard.
But my system does not recognize the two keys.
In /etc/default/keyboard, edit below
XKBMODEL="jp105"
XKBLAYOUT="jp"
I can Japanese layout, but the two keys is nonreactive.
And I cannot dpkg-reconfiguration keyboard-configuration.
Code: Select all#dpkg-reconfiguration keyboard-configuration
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
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Jun 26, 2011
I'm seeking to make permanent a selection in openSUSE-11.4 LXDE between english and Thai keyboards. And I need help here, as I have only succeed partially. After installing Thai via YaST regional settings, I followed the advice in an LXDE forum here LXDE.org Forum - View topic - How to add layouts to keyboard preferences in LXDE? and on the LXDE Panel I righted click on LXPanel->Add/Remove Panel Items->Panel Applets->Add->Keyboard Layout Switcher. Upon a restart of X that gave me a US flag symbol (for US keyboard) in lower right hand corner. No other language selection. I then as a regular user sent the command
Code:
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,th
and I then had a choice between Thai and US keyboard which worked well. That unfortunately is only temporary until the next reboot. HOW to make it permanent ? I tried, and I was unable to make that permanent. I tried adding .Xkbmap to /home/user (restarted/tested) and when that failed I tried adding .Xmodmap to /home/user (restarted/tested) and when that failed I tried adding /etc/X11/Xkbmap (restarted/tested) and when that failed I added same line to /etc/X11/Xmodmap (restarted/tested) and that also failed. The line in all cases was
Code:
-option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us, th
I also tired editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90_keytable.conf file, changing it to
Code:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "LocalKeyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "us, th"
[code]....
I could create a script with my 1st successful effort (and have that run when LXDE starts up) but surely there is a more elegant way? I am also NOT keen to have this system wide (even thou I tried that system wide (unsuccessfully) at the end) but I would rather only have this for one LXDE user.
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Feb 26, 2010
I work in a lot of different languages that use different fonts (Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, Ethiopic, etc.). I have added four keyboard layouts under Keyboard Preferences > Layouts. But now the "Add" button is grayed out. Is there a limit on the number of layouts you can have active? If so, is there any way to get around this? It's a real pain if I have to add and remove layouts all the time, especially because I'm sometimes testing new custom layouts as well.
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May 11, 2010
I have two user on my comp. The first should have two keyboard layouts - russian and english dvorak, second one - russian and english qwerty.
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Jun 21, 2011
following a new motherboard install I've just done a clean install of 10.10. At first, I was using the default network manager wifi to connect to my router - I had the upturned radar beam type icon in the top panel showing me the strength of the signal and access, by right clicking on it, to things like Enable Networking, Enable Wireless, etc. I read that installing WICD via synaptic would install wicd and remove the default network manager, so this what I did. My wifi is OK but I still have my upturned radar type icon and a new WICD icon in the top panel. I was expecting the upturned radar icon to disappear - is this correct? If I right click on the radar icon I can click on the Edit Connections option and change things - it appears I have both the default network manager and WICD working at the same time.
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Apr 18, 2010
I wish to have three different keyboards layouts on my laptop.
German, English and Russian
Moreover I am looking for way that I can switch between them easily.
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Aug 14, 2010
I am using the latest version of ubuntu(10.04 LTS) Desktop edition 32Bit. My problem is, after I open the firefox browser for first time after booting, a chain of new firefox windows start opening one after the another. In a matter of few minutes, there are like 15-20 instances of the browser opened.
I reinstalled the OS, but it is happening again and again. Is there some flaw in OS, something related to OS not compatible with my computer or some problem with the keyboard where some key(combination) is in a "press" mode (however, I dont see that happening on Laptop, the keyboard looks fine, plus Windows XP is working just fine).
This problem is forcing me to spend a larger time on Windows (which is bit cringy, after you get used to Ubuntu!).
Specs: 1Gb Ram, Centrino Duo, 1.88 GHz
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Jan 30, 2011
GUI for several thousand simultaneous users. I know this post may at first seem a little out of place here when you begin to read it but please bear with me and I think you will understand why I am seeking feedback here. The company I work for (whose name I am withholding for now) is currently running a little over 5,000 Linux servers. Each of these servers has a minimum of 500 users, some as many as 3,000 users on them during a business day.
These servers are serious pieces of hardware. They have hot swappable raid arrays, redundant well most everything is redundant on them, frankly. Our conversion to Linux took place about 8 years ago. We have a proprietary database and development environment that was originally built in the 1970s. All but the most recent applications run in this proprietary environment, whereas our newer applications are using PostgreSQL and executables that are delivered using Apache web server and run inside each users Windows Explorer session on their local PC.
Really, our situation is rather typical of any organization that has legacy software that still gets the job done - with the possible exception of the **massive** number of total users we keep up-and-running every day. more, our next Linux servers are expected to support somewhere between 6,000-8,000 users [exact figure yet to be determined]. You may ask this is all very interesting but why are you posting this here?.
I am researching alternate ways of presenting attractive and functional GUI to users of Linux servers. I find the Ubuntu GUI to be attractive and very functional. the user input these forums get. Finally I am looking for points of view outside my own organization so I don't fall into the 'but we don't do it that way here' mental trap and miss a really great concept.
I have an idea about how to solve this growing challenge, and I want to present it here for your review and comments. For those who might think I have never worked on systems of this size; I can't imagine my opinion would be valuable remember this: The Ark was built by a passionate volunteer; The Titanic was built by paid professionals.....
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Jul 1, 2011
I've got two soundcards in my new machine - Realtek ALC8892 onboard, with headphones plugged in, and an M-Audio Audiophile 192 with speakers. There's also HDMI sound out on the graphics card, but I don't use that.
Audio with PulseAudio's output through the sound card is fine. Audio with PulseAudio's output through the onboard sound is fine. If I set the output to Simultaneous Output, however, I get significant lag. Almost half a second. It's quite distracting.
Is this just a problem with PulseAudio's simultaneous output implementation, or is there a fix that I've overlooked? Running 64-bit Natty, btw.
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Jun 15, 2010
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on my Macbook Pro 3,1. I would like it if there was an option in Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Options that if selected would swap the Ctrl and Command keys around so that those keys would behave like they do in Mac OS. On the macbook pro the keys go fn, ctrl, alt, command, space etc. and it's really much easier to use command (with your thumb) + z/x/c/v/b/w/q/r/a etc. than it is to use ctrl (with your little finger). If your keys are in the same order as mine, try it. I'm sure you'll find it downright awkward using your little finger for ctrl. You might think that I'm just not used to it but that's not it.
I was used to using ctrl for years and when I started using my macbook pro I was astounded by how much easier it is to use command. In Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 on my mac I was able to remap the keys with xmodmap but while with 10.04 the keys are remapped according to xev it has no effect on their behaviour. I can't imagine adding one more option to the list would be that hard. I have learned how to code in the past but it has been years and years and wouldn't have the first clue where to start in Linux. How I can find and contact the developers of this part of GNOME so that I can make the request?
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Mar 25, 2011
On a system I did not initially setup, I'm trying to figure out how to switch to Dvorak. I know how to do it normally through gnome, but it looks like there weren't any alternate keyboard layouts installed. Does anyone know what package/packages i need?
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Apr 28, 2011
I use a keyboard layout that I made a while back because I need very special diacritics for my academics. I copied my files 10.10 into 11.04, but I still don't have the option to use the layout.
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May 27, 2011
I'm using Xubuntu 11.04. I used to use two keyboard layouts, English and German. I switched between the two using the "Keyboard Layouts" XFCE panel item. And all was good. But I recently tried to add Russian to the options, and then things went awry. When I click on the keyboard layout, a dropdown box opens with the three options, but whenever I click on Russian, the icon doesn't change and neither does the keyboard layout. German works fine. When I deleted German from the options, I was able to switch to the Russian flag, but the layout switched to German. No matter how much I fiddle with it, I can never get a Russian layout. Perhaps I'm missing something required for Cyrillic characters?
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Feb 28, 2010
I'm trying to launch CoverGloobus (a fantastic little album art and current song display) and Rhythmbox simultaneously through a BASH script. Problem is that when I attempt to run the script the first time, CoverGloobus doesn't launch, but Rhythmbox does. Here's my script as it is right now:
Code:
#! /bin/bash
#Opens Rhythmbox and CoverGloobus
rhythmbox && covergloobus
done
I've double-checked the commands in gnome-terminal, and they're the right ones for launching the applications. Here's where it gets odd, though. The second time I run the script, CoverGloobus and Rhythmbox launch simultaneously. I've reproduced this scenario multiple times.
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