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A keyboard allows a user to send characters to the Raspberry Pi, a common input device.

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Installing Raspbian from NOOBS without display

I am trying to install Raspbian from NOOBS, but I have no other screen/keyboard available than my laptop screen/keyboard. I find enough information about using a laptop screen/keyboard for a Pi, but then you already need to have an OS installed. But…
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Raspbian keyboard layout

I want to set my keyboard settings to Swedish, but on the Raspbian configuration tool my keyboard is not on the list. Update: Changing XKBLAYOUT to "se" doesn't work. And internationalization in raspi-config doesn't either. My keyboard is a Logitech…
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Why is my @ symbol not working?

I've never used linux before, so this may be a problem with that, but I'm trying to simply SSH into my friends webserver using the info he gave me. I looked up that the linux command to ssh is ssh username@hostname. I'm not trying to type that into…
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Virtual keyboard activation

I bought a raspberry pi2 and 7 inch waveshare touchscreen. The SD card came along with the system already flashed. It turns on and everything works, but how do I activate the virtual keyboard. Do I need a USB keyboard initially to do so?
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How can I use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard?

I have a spare Mac keyboard that I'd like to use with my Raspberry Pi when it's plugged into my TV, so that I can use it for surfing internet on my TV. Has anyone got a working configuration with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and a recipe for…
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Simple Keyboard Configuration

My USB keyboard was configured slightly wrong. So far I have only tried it with the Debian image. Certain keys were not in the right place (such as the '~' character). I know how to change the keyboard configuration and that this is trivial for…
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Having launched X, can I shutdown without a mouse?

I've launched into X using startx, but now can't shutdown my pi, as I have no mouse, and I can't seem to access anything with the keyboard alone. What can I do?
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How to map Caps Lock key to something useful?

I'm used to mapping Caps Lock to Escape, particularly for use in Vim. In Ubuntu, this is simple from the GUI. In other distros, a utility like xmodmap can be used. I tried this, but it seems that xmodmap cannot be installed by apt. Can this sort of…
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Bad keyboard bouncing with Dell keyboard

I've tried several Dell keyboards with the Pi, and all the ones I've tried (they're definitely not faulty, work fine elsewhere) "bounce" horribly - that is every so often it doesn't seem to detect I've released a key and will thus act like the key…
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Raspberry Pi keys are switched?

I have a new Raspberry Pi, when I try to type double quotes by using shift and the single quote buttons on the keyboard, I get an @ symbol. When I do shift + 2, I get the double quotes. A few different keys are like this. How do I change this back…
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Forward mouse and keyboard input to X session

I'm accessing my Pi via SSH. My network is too slow to actually forward the Pi's desktop back to my laptop, so I have a monitor connected to my Pi. When I startx through Putty, I see the desktop on my Pi. All is good. However, I cannot do anything…
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Can I make a full USB keyboard with Makey Makey + Raspberry Pi

I recently bought the Makey Makey (based on Arduino Leonardo / ATMega32u4), hoping to construct a full USB steampunk-style keyboard from some metal parts. Before it arrived I re-read the details and realized it has only 18 possible inputs, so 85+…
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Multiple keyboard and input languages

Is is possible to switch between keyboard and input languages on raspbian? My wife needs to type thai language and I need english. In windows we have a hot key swap between keyboards. Can this be done on the Pi?
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How do I get my bluetooth keyboard to pair automatically before I log in?

I asked how to install bluetooth, so I can use an existing mouse and keyboard. I was able to get that to work, but the keyboard ceases to function when the GUI is logged out. That means that I still need a 2.4Ghz keyboard to login, or to use the…
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Can I use the screen/keyboard of a laptop with the Pi?

I have a very old, not very fast laptop. (The screen and keyboard work well, but the hard drive is dying and the RAM's getting slow). The other day an idea struck me: could I use the screen/keyboard of the laptop with the Pi? I am mainly looking to…
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