amenditman Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) How do I get an on-screen keyboard at the login screen? This is for Linux on the HP TouchPad, but it should be a standard linux thing if it's possible. I have Gnome 3, Enlightenment, LXDE, KDE Plasma installed and all have an on-screen keyboard. But I need it at the login screen to be able to choose which Desktop Environment to load. Any ideas? Edited December 30, 2011 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 How do I get an on-screen keyboard at the login screen? This is for Linux on the HP TouchPad, but it should be a standard linux thing if it's possible. I have Gnome 3, Enlightenment, LXDE, KDE Plasma installed and all have an on-screen keyboard. But I need it at the login screen to be able to choose which Desktop Environment to load. Any ideas? Did you not already solve this on another form? The resason I ask is because I am also interested in the directions as I am setting up Arch again on my Touchpad now. Also you said that Enlightenment worked best on the Touchpad so if you do not mind, could you post a tutorial on setting it up and such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 So all we had to comment out the gnome entry and add the start_enlightment entry in ~/.xinitrc to autologin Enlightenment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) So all we had to comment out the gnome entry and add the start_enlightment entry in ~/.xinitrc to autologin Enlightenment. The line we had to add for Enlightenment was a little more detailed than one would expect. exec <PATH to enlightenment folder>enlightenment_start Found the info here, http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Start...he_command_line This solves the immediate problem of needing the on-screen keyboard at boot. It does not solve the issues I am seeing once fully up and running. It's hard to describe, but if I had to make a guess as to what is going on I would say that both Gnome 3 and Enlightenment are running at the same time. And they don't get along very well. Edited December 31, 2011 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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