PA Virtual-Box

[Andrej Vernekar]

Hi,

Yes, the virtual keyboard still misbehaves when PA is run in VirtualBox...
I followed the advice given by Maurice in another thread and changed the 
compositor:
>>Also I changed the /usr/share/kde4/config/kwinactiverc from 'Backend=OpenGL'
>>to 'Backend=XRender' to make compositing working again. I used 'vim' 
>>from 'konsole'
>>for editing. Please note, do not click into the black window area 
>>otherwise you will
>>get the virtual keyboard which will stuck till reboot by broken compositing.
Of course, you must first install Vi (zypper in vi). 
To avoid issues with the keyboard in Konsole, I tend to switch to the text 
console by using the Meta+F2 key (usually Right Ctrl+F2).
If this is not on the wiki yet, I'll add the info there.
 
However, the keyboard still misbehaves, but at least you can work as the 
screen is no longer black. One trick does work sometimes - I switch to the 
home view, click on the add item button and once I select an item (e.g. 
application) the virtual keyboard is gone...

Best regards,
Andrej

Dne Sobota, 2. of March 2013 ob 21:04:01 je Wolfgang Romey napisal(a):
> Hello,
> 
> today i installed PA-devel from 01.03.2013 with on Virtualbox. Nearly
> everything is working allright. I have a mous-pointer, after i enabled it in
> the development-setting, i have internet-connection. Everything seems to
> work fine.
> 
> The only real draw-back ist the virtual keyboard. When it pops up, the rest
> of the screen turns black and i can not bring up the normal workspace
> again.
> 
> I think it is real important that this is changed. For a lot of more people
> could get to know and test PA, if this drawback would not hinder real work.
> 
> I can work with the console with the keyboard of my laptop. So i am trying
> an update now.
> 
> Wolfgang
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