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Questions tagged [keyboard]

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How can I prevent an old Sun PC from freezing when its keyboard is unplugged?

I'm responsible for an old (5-10 yrs?) sun PC providing an important service. However, whenever the keyboard is disconnected, it stops everything it's running (even stops responding to pings), and says "type OK to go" or "type GO to continue" or…
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Remote desktop on Windows Server 2008 R2 shows keyboard layout from connecting computer

I have a german Windows 2008 R2 with English Multilanguage Pack installed. It has only german, english keyboard defined. It works fine. I use Windows 7 with PL version and PL keyboard settings. And my customer who logs in to that Windows 2008 R2…
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Vim keyboard remap on Snow Leopard (MacOs 10.6)

I want to have my external keyboard's HOME, END, PAGEDOWN and PAGEUP working on Leopard's Terminal. So that I changed in Terminal > File > Preferences: Home: \033[H End: \033[F PageUp: \033[5~ PageDown: \033[6~ It works 100% in command…
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Keyboard problem in remote desktop session

I have a very weird problem with one Windows XP installation: when connecting to a remote desktop (on Windows 2008 Server) to type in the at sign (@) it is necessary to press Ctrl-Alt-2 (on a spanish keyboard) when on local it is done with AltGr-2…
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Windows Server 2008 Keyb/Mouse non-responsive at Login Screen?

I have a new install of Windows Server 2008 on a RAID machine under 1 year old (machine previously had Ubuntu on it). Windows server installed fine, created admin account etc. After the install when rebooting I'm getting an odd problem. The…
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When is a wireless keyboard/mouse appropriate?

It seems to me that there are times and places where a wireless keyboard and mouse is not appropriate, and that there may be a time and a place where they are. Do you have any policies relating to the use of wireless input devices (and if not,…
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How do you use TinyCore with a VirtualBox and a non-us keyboard?

I need to install on several of our old WindowsXp workstations (only 1GB of RAM, 40GB for harddrive!) a Unix server for allowing our developers to perform some preliminary test on Unix. Considering the different Linux distros, I decided to go with…
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PuTTY SSH Connection to a Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop, Pressing Enter (either) in a Man page sends 'ESCOM' instead of CR/LF

I'm trying to perform a search in a manpage, which requires the Enter key to achieve. However pressing it displays the word ESCOM instead of the desired function. The Enter key works as it should in other areas such as the command line, or…
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Hardware monitor+keyboard switch for a small server room

Here's the situation, there's a small server room in our office (~4 active servers), but only one monitor/keyboard. Currently monitor and keyboard are connected to the most used server, but if the need to diagnose a different box would arise, I'd…
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Windows keystrokes/combos you couldn't live without

OK, we all know the obvious ones here, but what always surprises me is the number of people that don't know all of them... Simple ones: Alt-Tab - switch between applications (Shift+Alt+Tab - go through in reverse order) Ctrl-Tab - switch between…
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How to use cursor keys in vi under screen?

If you run vi/vim in screen, when you press a cursor in insert mode, you get a new line + a character, which is a pain. How can I configure vim to move around instead?
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How to send the keys Alt+F9 to Microsoft Azure Serial Console for Linux?

I need to gain root access to a newly-created VM hosted on Microsoft Azure. This is done on FreePBX (running CentOS) by sending the keys Alt+F9 on the console and issuing the command !passwd root. How can I send modifier keys to Azure's Serial…
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Why is a Linux host interpretting the zero key as enter?

I am connecting to a Debian virtual machine using PuTTY, and every time I press the 0 (zero) key, the command line behaves as if I've pressed enter. Why might this be and how can I change it? Perhaps also relevant: I'm connecting from Windows 10,…
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Sharing a keyboard and mouse between networked computers

What software is out there that allows a mouse and keyboard to be shared between 2+ networked computers? I know about Synergy, but what are the alternatives? Which do you like the best? I'm personally most interested in something compatible with…
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Keyboard settings are not saved properly on servers using a domain account

Scenario : 10 servers in the same datacenter and i connect remotely of course using my german keyboard. All my profile settings were always german on serverside and i never had problems with it. Somehow now the profiles on server always switch back…
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