The gconf value /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_enable in Oneiric no longer works obviously. Is there a way to show virtual keyboard in gnome-screensaver 3.x? Does similar dconf value exist?
It makes unlocking the screen without the keyboard on tablets impossible.
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int_ua
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Gnome.org gives details of how to enable the embedded keyboard for a locked screen including the gsettings values
Any tablet-type screen keyboard must compy with the XEmbed specification.
Fortunately the standard onboard keyboard is XEmbed compliant - you need to pass the --xid parameter (type onboard --help for parameters you can pass to onboard)
Thus
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-enabled true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command "onboard --xid"
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The gnome-screensaver was updated to use the new GSettings APIs instead of GConf. You can look through the list of options stored in GSettings by running gsettings list-recursively | less from a terminal, or by using the dconf-editor application.
The settings for gnome-screensaver have moved to the org.gnome.desktop.screensaver schema:
evan@caron:~$ gsettings list-recursively | grep org.gnome.desktop.screensaver
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command ''
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-enabled false
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver idle-activation-enabled true
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-delay uint32 0
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled true
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver logout-command ''
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver logout-delay uint32 7200
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver logout-enabled false
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver status-message-enabled true
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver user-switch-enabled true
So you can run gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-enabled true to enable the onscreen keyboard. You may also need to change the embedded-keyboard-command key.
Evan Broder
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