Thread: yet another osk: xvkbd (because it's good to have a choice! :)
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TheGogmagog is offline TheGogmagog
2009-01-26 , 03:54
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#42
Originally Posted by KotCzarny View Post
use gainroot or even better ssh as root to the device, then copy and paste those lines those are actual commands that will download, unpack and make it executable, then you should have it's icon in app-menu >> others (hopefully)
I got the menu item in extras but must have missed something basic.
/home/user # xvkbd
/bin/sh: xvkbd: not found

I was missing the two packages;
apt-get install libxpm4
apt-get install libxmu6
To get these, I needed to change the maemo extras distribution from diablo to chinook. [Note: Don't install any updates, and don't forget to reset it to diablo.]

You can avoid the issue with the popup onscreen keyboard by disabling it in control panel - text input settings.

Note: could you summarize the steps in the first thread? The deb link in the above reply is dead.
Last edited by TheGogmagog; 2009-01-26 at 04:16.