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Post subject: How Can I Unlock KDE Session with On-Screen Keyboard?
 Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:39 PM
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Hi,
I found this report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/90455
which mentions two improvements for those of us with Tablet PCs. The first is something about rotating the screen and pointer, but I have no trouble there.
The second is the ability to unlock the KDE session with a virtual keyboard. That would be great!
A diff file is posted here: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6726270/new_lock_show_xvkbd.diff, but I have no idea how to apply it. Well, I read up a bit on the patch command, but I don't even know where to find the file to patch.
Any help? Is this something I should push for with KDE?
I know there aren't many Tablet PC users out there, so I accept that I might always have to do things myself. That's how I learned Linux. 
Thanks for any help or tips.
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Post subject: Re: How Can I Unlock KDE Session with On-Screen Keyboard?
Posted: Sep 14, 2008 - 11:34 PM
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bones wrote:
A diff file is posted here: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6726270/new_lock_show_xvkbd.diff, but I have no idea how to apply it. Well, I read up a bit on the patch command, but I don't even know where to find the file to patch.
The patch applies to the source code of kdesktop package, and to use the patch you would need apply it to the source package and build and install your own custom debian binary packages. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: How Can I Unlock KDE Session with On-Screen Keyboard
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 05:44 AM
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Okay, this is new to me, but I'm game to try it. Let me see if I understand this, though.
I will be removing my current kdesktop.deb and obtaining the source package and patching and building and then installing with dpkg the one I make?
Doesn't sound too bad. What am I getting myself into? If it fails, couldn't I always just purge the kdesktop.deb and reinstall the one from apt?
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Post subject: Re: RE: Re: How Can I Unlock KDE Session with On-Screen Keyb
Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 06:46 AM
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bones wrote:
Okay, this is new to me, but I'm game to try it. Let me see if I understand this, though.
I will be removing my current kdesktop.deb and obtaining the source package and patching and building and then installing with dpkg the one I make?
Doesn't sound too bad. What am I getting myself into? If it fails, couldn't I always just purge the kdesktop.deb and reinstall the one from apt?
Thanks.
That's the easy part. But before you get to that part, the following needs to happen:
* you must clearly identify what version of kdesktop the patch is intended for (it could be for KDE4 ?)
* you must decide if that version is compatible with your system
* you must download and prepare the Debian kdebase source package for building
* you must obtain all build dependencies for kdebase
* apply patch and invoke package build
I do not describe these tests in detail, and I don't think the process is very easy. It's not terribly hard either, but I wouldn't suggest it to someone who has rarely played around with other much smaller bits of code than KDE, it's huge. |
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Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 05:17 AM
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Thanks Kelmo,
I'm game to try it, as I'd like to learn, but I think I should wait until I have a weekend of time, which probably isn't until November  |
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