Onboard

Black screen on lubuntu

Asked by Lehmann

Hello,

After instaling Onboard on lubuntu 12.04, Onboard doesn't work. After two tries to launch it, I get a black keyboard (e.g. like a full black panel). If I hit in the approximate location of a key, it responds. But that's not very 'user-friendly'!
On top of that, all the great features of onboard don't work: automatic show-up when entering an input field, icon doesn't show.
Perhaps a language issue -- I'm using swiss-french keyboard?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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marmuta (marmuta) said : 		#1

Hi, thanks for the question.
This one sounds similar to a previous issue. Have a look at
https://answers.launchpad.net/onboard/+question/195106
Keys haven't been drawn at all back then, though. Your problem might still have a different cause.

For now try this:
sudo apt-get install python-gi-cairo libatk-adaptor

and let us know how it goes.

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Lehmann (andre-lehmann) said : 		#2

Hi,

Thanks a lot for your very valuable feedback. It works for the most part!!
The only things I'm missing are two:
1. The automatic show-up doesn't work;
2. The icon is hidden when I use chrome in kiosk mode -- and if I force onboard to show, it shows all the time the full keyboard -- which is not optinal either.
Any other suggestion?

Thanks again.

Sincerely,

André Lehmann

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marmuta proposed the following answer:
Hi, thanks for the question.
This one sounds similar to a previous issue. Have a look at
https://answers.launchpad.net/onboard/+question/195106
Keys haven't been drawn at all back then, though. Your problem might still have a different cause.

For now try this:
sudo apt-get install python-gi-cairo libatk-adaptor

and let us know how it goes.

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Best marmuta (marmuta) said : 		#3

1) You may still need to
echo GTK_MODULES=atk-bridge | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
I'm not completely sure. This isn't necessary anymore in later Ubuntu versions at least.

Also, IIRC chromium doesn't support gnome accessibility well, if at all. See my post here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/936310/comments/9
Auto-show requires at least rudimentary accessibility support. Firefox and other browsers do much better.

2) Does the icon show when Preferences->Window->Force to top is enabled?

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Lehmann (andre-lehmann) said : 		#4

Thanks again for the quick feedback.

I've run your 1) suggestion.
Now at least the icon remains (even in chrome kiosk mode) when Force on top is enabled, so that I can kick the keyboard to show up. The only problem is that now the frame doesn't show, so it is not possible to move the keyboard, depending on the location of the input text. But it's functional for the most part.
Thank you!

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Lehmann (andre-lehmann) said : 		#5

Correction: I did not see the move button on the right! Everything OK!