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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Just in case someone else stumbles upon this issue, I managed to address my media keys issue with elementaryos loki by using dconf-editor and xbindkeys.
First to identify your keys in terminal type ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Building on @Fratink's answer, I ran these commands to fix the issue. (For some reasons, the dconf-editor wasn't working for me.)
Volume down
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-...
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How do I enable NumLock at login?
Edit /etc/lightdm/pantheon-greeter.conf (in newer versions io.elementary.greeter.conf) with you favorite editor and remove the # on the line activate-numlock=true.
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Use macOS-style modifier keys
So I futzed around with this for a day (gsettings, built-in shortcuts, xkb, xmodmap) and no turnkey solution is forthcoming, though I filed a feature request that might lead somewhere.
In the ...
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apt-get and add-apt-repository not working
Install Software Properties
sudo apt install software-properties-common
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How do I switch Super and Ctrl?
I don't like the options involving Autokey and others. For me, I found the best solution in Tweak Tool. You can install Tweak Tool in eOS's AppCenter. Under the Typing section of TweakTool you can ...
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Is Elementary OS designed for Mac keyboards?
elementary OS uses the command key found on Mac keyboards to represent the superkey (Which is usually represented as the "windows key" on most keyboards.)
So it's fine. You won't have any problems.
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Problem with keyboard language indicator
The following steps helped me, if I'm not mistaken: removing all languages, adding English (US) and a second language.
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Switch between keyboard layouts with a keyboard shortcut in Loki
It defaults to Opt+Shift in Loki.
To change it, go to: Settings > Keyboard pane > Layout subtab > "Switch layout"
Commands like gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.keybindings switch-...
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CTRL + SHIFT + key when using CTRL+SHIFT to switch keyboard layout
Opt+Shift is the default shortcut for changing keyboard layouts in Loki, so you'll need to change that if you want to use the same modifier keys for other shortcuts.
You can do this at Settings > ...
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How to NOT disable touchpad while typing?
TLDR
You can enable touchpad (that is disable auto-disable) with xinput set-prop DEVICE PROP 0 where you can check for your device ID and prop ID with xinput and xinput get-props DEVICE respectively.
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Keyboard not working in login screen
After a day of suffering, I finally managed to find a solution. These are the steps that you want to do if you have a similar problem:
Boot into Elementary OS live USB.
Mount root partition and proc, ...
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Is there any way to enable a screen keyboard when input is required?
System Settings > Universal Access > Typing > On-screen keyboard
More advanced settings like hiding it when not in use and layout are available when you click on "On-screen keyboard settings..."
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What is the keyboard shortcut to switch between terminal tabs?
Alt + <1-9> Jumps to first-ninth tab.
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How do I switch Super and Ctrl?
sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
Switch Control and Super, it'll look something like this
...key <NMLK> { [ Num_Lock ] };
key <LFSH> { [ Shift_L ...
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How do I enter the Euro Symbol €
Like @Jeroen said, its depends on keyboard layout. The best way that works with all the keyboards is to use UNICODE.
Every known character has its own unicode number. In Linux, you can write it ...
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How to install and use Avro keyboard in Elementary OS 5.0 Juno?
Open terminal and type
$ sudo apt install ibus-avro
Type in terminal sudo im-config and select OK then Yes
Select Ibus as input method for the system
Click Ok and Ok for the next windows. Then ...
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How To Select Dvorak Layout
Under System-Settings -> Language & Region -> Keyboard Settings -> Input Method -> (Plus Sign)
Then you can use whichever shortcut you prefer to switch between layouts/engines. Default ...
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How to Remove Desktop Overlay in elementary OS Freya
To close that annoying desktop windows, type in terminal "nemo --quit" (without quotes)
And then to make sure this does not happen again, type in terminal:
"gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-...
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How to NOT disable touchpad while typing?
If you have a Synaptic Touchpad with synclient installed you can use :
synclient TouchpadOff=0
0 = enabled
1 = disabled
2 = disabled while typing
source : https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/touchpad#...
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Use macOS-style modifier keys
I wanted to switch the Left Alt and Left Ctrl locations. I was able to accomplish this by installing the Gnome Tweak tool and adjust it under the typing settings. I think so longs as your not ...
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Epiphany doubled capital letters
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764653
I think this should answer most questions.
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CTRL-whatever and Shift-whatever require double tap
This bug was introduced in 3.18.10 and is fixed in 3.18.11 with this commit. You can wait for the updated package to come down the pipeline or make the change yourself as I did:
% sudo apt-get ...
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Can't type spanish characters in some programs
I guess Telegram expects the wrong input method. You have two ways to fix it:
Tell Telegram (and other Qt apps) to use xim
Just set QT_IM_MODULE=xim before running it
Run ibus
Add ibus-daemon to your ...
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Number pad on wired apple keyboard isn't working with ElementaryOS
That worked for me:
get dconf-editor (from App store)
go to
org → gnome → settings-daemon → peripherals → keyboard
and change to
numlock-state on (standard is "off")
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How do I switch Super and Ctrl?
You will need to install the Gnome tweaks tool, not the Elementary tweaks.
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Run the tweaks tool from the apps menu
Keyboard and mouse > Additional Layout ...
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Keyboard indicators always on
Here you can see why the indicators don't work. It's caused by i8042.dumbkbd. If you delete that part the issue will disappear.
Also, checking this question I've found that using atkbd.reset instead ...
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