feature 'availability on login screen' still in wishlist ... On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Raghavan, Vinay <[email protected]>wrote:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/onBoard > > ? > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Rajath S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hi there, >> >> first of all, linux ftw. i agree... :) >> >> i use a compaq laptop - 3702 au. it must be a common problem with compaqs >> but my keyboard had stopped compltely resonding too... i dual boot Ubuntu >> and windblows vista!! vista btw has an onscreen keyboard which i struggled >> with for a week or two before i got the keyboard fixed. one advantage i had >> on vista was i got this onscreen keyboard during the log-in screen... *is >> there anyway to get the onscreen keyboard during the log-in process in >> Ubuntu?* unfortunately for me, i couldn't even get till the log in screen >> on Ubuntu since my keyboard wouldn't respond during the boot process and i >> boot vista as default... >> >> hey i must admit... no matter how much i loathe vista - it is very >> accessible... helped me survive a keyboard breakdown. >> >> -Rajath. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Sindhu Sundar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> That would mean investing more money :( Already poorer by 650 Rs. getting >>> the SMPS fixed today. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Shashishekhar S >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> hmmm ... >>>> >>>> Couldn't you have used an external PS2 keyboard? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Sindhu Sundar < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> I found out that repairing the laptop is going to cost a bomb, so am >>>>> going to let my brother use the desktop. My dilemma was that on the >>>>> desktop >>>>> we do not have a optical drive, on the laptop we do, now we had a ton of >>>>> CDs >>>>> which we wanted to make images out of, with the keyboard conked off on the >>>>> laptop, it almost seemed impossible. >>>>> >>>>> I then used "onboard" onscreen keyboard on Ubuntu and extracted ISOs >>>>> from the CDs (dd ofcourse!). >>>>> >>>>> Linux ftw \m/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the help, just wanted to share this :) >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Vikas Gorur <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/6/16 Sindhu S <[email protected]>: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > What can be done about this? Is there any way to confirm which keys >>>>>> in >>>>>> > particular are dead? >>>>>> >>>>>> Under X run "xev" in a terminal and press the keys and see what it >>>>>> prints. >>>>>> That should tell you something. >>>>>> >>>>>> Vikas >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> - Shashishekhar S >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Regards , > > Raghavan K S > 99860 31265 > Mysore. > http://raghavan.vinay.googlepages.com > -- Regards , Raghavan K S 99860 31265 Mysore. http://raghavan.vinay.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
