[SOLVED]-Onboard settings for lightdm

GlenS · 2024-10-20 09:22:19

There is a bug currently where onboard crashes when you mouse over it.
I managed to get it working in my user session by running...

gsettings set org.onboard.keyboard input-event-source 'GTK'

Is it possible to apply this onboard setting to the lightdm login screen?

Last edited by GlenS (2024-10-25 01:31:46)

ToZ · 2024-10-20 09:36:12

Have you tried setting "input-event-source=GTK" in /etc/onboard-defaults.conf?

GlenS · 2024-10-20 12:20:57

Thanks for the reply.
Tried a few locations for onboard-defaults.conf, stated in /usr/share/doc/onboard/ but no luck or the fix doesn't work in lightdm.
I don't need onboard for login....I just find it handy occasionally.
I'll wait for a fix.

ToZ · 2024-10-20 13:51:41

Does it crash immediately when you hover over it? Or can you get to its settings dialog? There you can also set the input event source.

GlenS · 2024-10-20 14:21:15

ToZ wrote:

Does it crash immediately when you hover over it? Or can you get to its settings dialog? There you can also set the input event source.

No, it's visible for a few seconds but doesn't appear to receive mouse clicks.
This is a new install of Xubuntu 24.04 but looking at my old 22.04 install on another partition, the onboard preferences menu is not accessible
at the login screen keyboard.

jiyahana · 2024-10-23 08:51:48

You might want to try using a different display manager or check if there’s an update for onboard that addresses this. Sometimes, switching display managers can improve compatibility with certain applications.

GlenS · 2024-10-25 01:24:11

Found a solution.

sudo -u lightdm dbus-launch gsettings set org.onboard.keyboard input-event-source 'GTK'

Shows a message about Authorization but seems to work anyway.

glen@Xubu24minimal:~$ sudo -u lightdm dbus-launch gsettings set org.onboard.keyboard input-event-source 'GTK'
[sudo] password for glen:
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

Thanks for the replies.

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[SOLVED]-Onboard settings for lightdm

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Re: [SOLVED]-Onboard settings for lightdm

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