Since I've upgraded from 16.3 to 17, I can't use the onboard screenkeyboard anymore. I really liked that keyboard, because it is compact, easy functionality (right click for characters etc.) etc... The onboard freezes now to one side of the screen, I can't type with it at all, other programs have strange behaviors. Is there a solution to fix the onboard, so I can use it again? Or is there something similar? I now use the screen keyboard which is available in Ubuntu itself, but I don't like this one. It sometimes presses keys automatic, takes a lot of space at the bottom of the screen, no right click functionality etc...
So I reinstalled version 16.3 and waited until now. I installed the version 17.2 from scratch on another PC, but the problem seems to have remained.
The same test, I did it by installing Ubuntu, but the problem is exactly the same. So I did a search on the internet, based on Ubuntu, and found several discussions about a TouchScreen problem. I must say that my PCs do not have the TouchScreen, unfortunately, despite having done several tests, I could not find a working solution.
I need the virtual non-automatic keyboard, from the start icon, I open and close the keyboard when I need it.
I have also tried alternative virtual keyboards, but the problem does not exist.
Siccome non h otrovato nulla di definitivo in internet, suppongo che il problema sia risolvibile con qualche impostazione, considerando che dalla versione 17 alla 17.2 non è cambiato nulla.
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Since I haven’t found anything definitive on the internet, I suppose that the problem can be solved with some settings, considering that from version 17 to 17.2 nothing has changed.
Will someone please help me?
Zorin is my favorite distribution and although it now continues to use version 16.3, I would hate to change the distribution just because of the virtual keyboard problem, which for me is basic usage.
Best Regards
I'm not terribly familiar with on-screen keyboards but I believe there's a setting inside Zorin Appearance -> Taskbar to enable an accessibility icon on the system tray. Among other option, that should have one to toggle a virtual keyboard, hopefully in the way that you're looking for.
I'm sorry, I cannot check that right now on my system but I'll try to do that over the weekend.
I followed the guide and luckily it worked. I should point out that I use automatic login, so I had to close the session and then select "Zorin Desktop on Xorg". After the reboot, I expected it not to work again, but it does. I thought I had to edit the "etc/gdm3/custom.conf" configuration file and disable for example disable "#WaylandEnable=false" as I read in the ubuntu forums, but that didn't work, since the file was empty. Could someone explain to me why this works? Are there any disadvantages to using Xorg? Best Regards
I... don't know the reasoning other than a bit of Distro Squabbling.
Red Hat and IBM are heavily pushing for Wayland to replace Xorg, with a lot of P.R. to justify this action publicly.
There are a lot of logical fallacies thrown around in this with merit-based arguments being scant.
Wayland has it's benefits and I can see where supporting it is valid. But it has been unready for a long time and due to its underlying structure, it must lack the support for many features and functions we are used to by its own design, resulting in less features and functions available to the end user.
Maybe one last question, when the login window appears, even then the virtual keyboard does not work. This has always been the case, that is, since version 15.3, which is the first one I started using.
