Questions tagged [keyboard]
A keyboard allows a user to send characters to the Raspberry Pi, a common input device.
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Raspberry Pi Raspbian Web Kiosk Virtual Keyboard Solution
I followed Alan D. Moore's step-by-step guide to have my Raspberry Pi running in kiosk mode.
I did my own configuration as I needed it to run on a touchscreen with no physical keyboard and mouse.
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Bluetooth Dongle and Macbook Keyboard
I usually work on my macbook and I can ssh to the raspberry pi for many of my tasks. However, I want to use my TV monitor which is connected to raspberry pi and have my Macbook keyboard as the input ...
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Keyboard, mouse & wifi dongle, but only two USB ports
With only two USB ports, how can I use the standard input devices together with the wifi dongle? The only thing I could think of is to set some accessibility option and use the keyboards arrows for ...
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How to Remap the Raspbian “Wheezy” Keyboard
I am having a strange problem.
I just finished setting up my wonderful Raspberry Pi, and it works great, except for the fact that it is not compatible with my wired Mac OSX Keyboard.
I can type ...
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How to map Caps Lock key to something useful?
I'm used to mapping Caps Lock to Escape, particularly for use in Vim.
In Ubuntu, this is simple from the GUI. In other distros, a utility like xmodmap can be used. I tried this, but it seems that ...
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How to check for keyboard input, while waiting for switch input?
I'm a beginner at programming so bare with me.
I'm having some problems with implementing a way to stop my script manually. CTRL+C works perfectly fine in the terminal, but it seems it doesn't always ...
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Multiple keyboard and input languages
Is is possible to switch between keyboard and input languages on raspbian?
My wife needs to type thai language and I need english. In windows we have a hot key swap between keyboards.
Can this be ...
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Disable USB keyboard and mouse input [closed]
On my Rpi I want to disable USB keyboard and mouse input completely. The RPi should respond only to ssh, not on local USB HID inputs. (other USB devices should still be allowed)
The following failed:
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Using an old laptop keyboard with Raspberry Pi
I have an old laptop keyboard like the one shown below:
It has a 24-wire flat cable coming out of the back. Would it be possible to use this as a keyboard for the Pi (I assume with some ...
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Can I safely connect a non-diode keyboard matrix to GPIO pins?
I have a naive keyboard matrix (no diodes, so only 2 simultaneous key presses can detected, at most).
I would like to read this matrix by connecting the columns to GPIO pins configured as outputs and ...
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Raspberry Pi types in 'pi' but not the password 'raspberry' on login
I have only just received my Raspberry Pi and something has gone wrong. When I get to the stage of logging in my Pi types in 'pi' fine, but the password 'raspberry' does not type in.
The blinking ...
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Forward mouse and keyboard input to X session
I'm accessing my Pi via SSH.
My network is too slow to actually forward the Pi's desktop back to my laptop, so I have a monitor connected to my Pi. When I startx through Putty, I see the desktop on ...
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Rii RT-MWK01 keyboard with wrong mapping [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is my @ symbol not working?
The keyboard Rii RT-MWK01 works fine except that some keys do not match the characters seen by Raspberry Pi, i.e. if I press | the # character ...
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Why is my raspbmc remote control keyboard very laggy?
During my first install of raspbmc, I could control text entry via my iPhone's Official XMBC Remote app with no problems.
Later, I wiped and reinstalled raspbmc. Now, control via my keyboard is ...
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Why doesn't my Logitech K400 keyboard/mouse always respond in raspbmc?
I have a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/mouse that I use with my Raspberry Pi (the new 512MB model). I have Raspbmc installed. I'd say about 50% of the time when I boot the device, the keyboard and ...
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gmote-server on the device
is possible to running gmote server (android HID - mouse keyboard controller) on the device?
I've tried to run it but it says me:
.. "./GmoteServer.sh: line 2: java: command not found"
Here you can ...
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Run a script with a keypress
I control XBMC with a simple remote (this one) which is detected as generic keyboard. Is it possible to define a shortcut that starts/stops XBMC when I press a button?
I am using my Raspberry Pi ...
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Configuring Emacs and Keyboard to work like my Windows set-up [closed]
There are various differences between the default Windows installation of Emacs and the default installation on the Pi, things like Ctrl-Backspace, Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right and so on. Generally, the key ...
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Keyboard not detected
I'm having an issue with my RP where my keyboard is not detected. I have raspbmc installed on my SD card. Pressing any keyboard keys has absolutely no effect.
I first thought it was a power problem ...
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Can I make a full USB keyboard with Makey Makey + Raspberry Pi
I recently bought the Makey Makey (based on Arduino Leonardo / ATMega32u4), hoping to construct a full USB steampunk-style keyboard from some metal parts. Before it arrived I re-read the details and ...
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Is There an Alternative to Bluetooth for Keyboard and Mouse?
I can't get my Bluetooth keyboard or mouse to work with RaspPi. I want a wireless solution. Are there alternatives?
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How can I use a PC laptop or Mac Book to run a Raspberry Pi?
I want to let some smart programers play with a few Raspberry Pi boards at an event I am running. They will all have laptops and internet access. We probably won't have access to keyboards and screens ...
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Why does my wireless keyboard fail when I plug in my WiFi adaptor?
When I run RaspBMC with Ethernet, the wireless keyboard works fine, but as soon as I put a WiFi adapter in, I can only use the keyboard for around 10 seconds, then it stops. I've tried 2 different ...
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Why is my @ symbol not working?
I've never used linux before, so this may be a problem with that, but I'm trying to simply SSH into my friends webserver using the info he gave me. I looked up that the linux command to ssh is ssh ...
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How do I get my bluetooth keyboard to pair automatically before I log in?
I asked how to install bluetooth, so I can use an existing mouse and keyboard. I was able to get that to work, but the keyboard ceases to function when the GUI is logged out.
That means that I still ...
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How can I use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard?
I have a spare Mac keyboard that I'd like to use with my Raspberry Pi when it's plugged into my TV, so that I can use it for surfing internet on my TV.
Has anyone got a working configuration with a ...
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Can I use the screen/keyboard of a laptop with the Pi?
I have a very old, not very fast laptop. (The screen and keyboard work well, but the hard drive is dying and the RAM's getting slow). The other day an idea struck me: could I use the screen/keyboard ...
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To what extent can the device be used without a mouse?
I'm sure I read somewhere that the RPi can be used without a mouse, but is this 100% true?
(I am planning on using debian.)
To what extent can I control it without a mouse? Will I be able to do ...
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Having launched X, can I shutdown without a mouse?
I've launched into X using startx, but now can't shutdown my pi, as I have no mouse, and I can't seem to access anything with the keyboard alone. What can I do?
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Simple Keyboard Configuration
My USB keyboard was configured slightly wrong. So far I have only tried it with the Debian image. Certain keys were not in the right place (such as the '~' character). I know how to change the ...
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Bad keyboard bouncing with Dell keyboard
I've tried several Dell keyboards with the Pi, and all the ones I've tried (they're definitely not faulty, work fine elsewhere) "bounce" horribly - that is every so often it doesn't seem to detect I'...
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