No virtual keyboard on ASUS 2-in-1
No virtual keyboard on ASUS 2-in-1
I'm using MX Linux 23.5 on an old ASUS 2-in-1 with a detachable screen. I've only used it with the physical keyboard attached, but today I detached it and wanted to use the screen as a tablet. However when I put the cursor in a field, no virtual keyboard pops. So either I need to somehow activate a virtual keyboard in the settings or download an app. Any suggestions will be appreciated. If you provide a solution, please keep it simple with step-by-step instructions since I'm quite new to MX Linux. Thanks in advance.
Re: No virtual keyboard on ASUS 2-in-1
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Re: No virtual keyboard on ASUS 2-in-1
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 [6.1.124-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-30-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: T100TA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: T100TA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: T100TA.304 date: 03/14/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BATC charge: 20.1 Wh (71.8%) condition: 28.0/30.6 Wh (91.3%) volts: 3.7 min: 3.8
model: Intel SR 1 SR Real Battery type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 21
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Atom Z3740 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont level: v2 built: 2013-15
process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x37 (55) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x31E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 224 KiB desc: d-4x24 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 627 high: 667 min/max: 533/1866 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 666 2: 642 3: 667 4: 533 bogomips: 10666
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: DSI-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1368x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 362x204mm (14.25x8.03") s-diag: 416mm (16.36")
Monitor-1: DSI-1 res: 1368x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 1368x768
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (BYT) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Message: No device data found.
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 58.25 GiB used: 12.59 GiB (21.6%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk2 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HCG8e size: 58.25 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x6 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 58 GiB size: 56.79 GiB (97.91%) used: 12.59 GiB (22.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/mmcblk2p2 maj-min: 179:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 314 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/mmcblk2p1 maj-min: 179:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 6.5 MiB (0.6%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 6280.4 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2154 libs: 1069 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 241 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 1 Memory: 1.81 GiB used: 1.35 GiB (74.7%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFIRe: No virtual keyboard on ASUS 2-in-1
In another forum, regarding this same ASUS 2-in-1, I read the following:
To use it as a tablet sans the keyboard I would set up autoboot to graphical desktop with no login and use xfce4 with florence or some other virtual keyboard installed and launchable from an icon.
Now I appreciate the help of this poster, but honestly, I have no idea what he or she is recommending or how to do it. If somebody here at the MX Linux forum can provide very simple step-by-step instructions in order to perform that procedure, I will attempt it. Thanks in advance.
To use it as a tablet sans the keyboard I would set up autoboot to graphical desktop with no login and use xfce4 with florence or some other virtual keyboard installed and launchable from an icon.
Now I appreciate the help of this poster, but honestly, I have no idea what he or she is recommending or how to do it. If somebody here at the MX Linux forum can provide very simple step-by-step instructions in order to perform that procedure, I will attempt it. Thanks in advance.