Maybe another approach, if you do not have any means at all to type anything: Could you please navigate with nautilus to the folder /usr/bin and check whether the following two files have their executable bit set?
The problem you describe seems to indicate that the executable bit on the onboard file is disabled. But I don't have any idea at the moment about how to enable the executable bit without typing anything. Even if you use the gui to remove and reinstall Onboard, the system requires you normally to enter an administrator password. (I don't know, whether it is possible to install Ubuntu in a way where the administrator does not have a password.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to onboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376764 Title: on-screen keyboard not available in 14.10 Final Beta Status in “onboard” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Activating the on-screen keyboard in the settings menu has no effect. Trying to manually execute /usr/bin/onboard via pointing-and-clicking opens up gedit (i.e., it's not recognised as an executable). No other keyboard input is available for the device in question, so further tests via command line (such as confirming that `python /usr/bin/onboard' starts onboard normally) are not feasible. Thus, 14.10 final beta is bootable but completely unusable on some tablet devices (Surface Pro 3 here). (Filing against `onboard' because this might be an `onboard' installation issue.) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard/+bug/1376764/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
