Onboard

uninstall or hide onboard

Asked by Robert Schmalfuß

Hello,

I've got a relatively unique problem. I got a PC with onboard installed and running in kiosk mode. onboard is active all the time, with the minimized button. The problem I have is, I wanted to uninstall onboard, but there are a few dependencies with other packages. If I uninstall the other packages together with onboard the system isn't working as intended anymore. How can I change dependencies OR how can I hide the keyboard?

I didn't find an option for hiding in the /usr/bin/onboard-settings or /usr/bin/onboard.

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Francesco Fumanti (frafu) said : 		#1

Depending on the Desktop environment you are using, there might be an option in the control panels to disable the on-screen keyboard.

Another approach might be to simply terminate the onboard process instead of uninstalling it.
e.g.:
killall -KILL onboard

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Robert Schmalfuß (schmalle) said : 		#2

Ah the problem is, that there is no desktop in the sense of a desktop. An application is running in fullscreen mode and behind it there is only the terminal. I need a permanent way to disable the keyboard over the terminal.

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Francesco Fumanti (frafu) said : 		#3

You might perhaps create a startup script, that waits for onboard to be launched and kills it. Or does your system automatically restart Onboard?

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Robert Schmalfuß (schmalle) said : 		#4

It automatically restarts Onboard.

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Francesco Fumanti (frafu) said : 		#5

Could you give us more information about the system you are using, particularly which distribution it is based on? Somebody might be able to give you more specific help.

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Robert Schmalfuß (schmalle) said : 		#6

I solved it. There was a custom startup-script. I uncommented the line with Onboard and now it doesn't start anymore.

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Francesco Fumanti (frafu) said : 		#7

Great that you found a solution.

Have a nice day.