From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 12/22/2025 12:17 PM, Handsome Jack wrote:   
   > On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:56:16 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 12/22/2025 1:37 AM, Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >>> I was recently given a Surface Pro notebook, on which I have installed   
   >>> Linux Mint with XFCE. The touch screen didn't work at first (it had   
   >>> worked on Windows 10 and Zorin) and I had to install some extra stuff   
   >>> to get it working, as described at   
   >>> https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-   
   >>> Setup#Debian--Ubuntu   
   >>>   
   >>> However I still can't get the soft keypad to pop up on the screen.   
   >>> Anyone know how?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> # **Recommended Setup for Surface Pro + XFCE**   
   >>   
   >> ### Install Onboard ```bash sudo apt install onboard ```   
   >> ### Enable AT-SPI accessibility (needed for auto‑show)   
   >> In Mint XFCE:   
   >> **Settings -> Accessibility -> Enable assistive technologies**   
   >>   
   >> ### Add Onboard to autostart **Settings -> Session and Startup ->   
   >> Application Autostart -> Add -> `onboard`**   
   >>   
   >> ### Optional: Auto‑show on text fields Run:   
   >> ```bash onboard-settings ```   
   >> Enable:   
   >> - *“Show when editing text”*   
   >> - *“Auto-hide when not needed”*   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Excellent. It worked. Simple, too; I was just missing the 'onboard' app,   
   > but of course I couldn't know that without knowing it.   
   >   
   > The OSK behaviour is a bit erratic but it works well enough. Also it's   
   > awkward if you are booting the machine without the physicial keyboard; the   
   > OSK doesn't appear until after Linux has started, so you can't start if   
   > Linux insists on asking for the login password. I haven't worked out how   
   > to get round that; the "Don't ask for a password on login" in "users and   
   > groups" doesn't work.   
   >   
   > Thanks again.   
   >   
      
   https://forum.manjaro.org/t/i-am-a-new-user-and-i-dont-know-to-o   
   en-on-screen-keyboard/84247/2   
      
   Apparently LightDM has a setting for On Screen Keyboard and you can   
   set it to Onboard. But it crashed when you hover the mouse over it   
   (the pointer). Maybe more than one copy is trying to run ?   
      
   This is a list of recommended subsystems for various DE. Gnome   
   is not on the list, because it's not working smoothly (yet).   
      
     - XFCE: slim + consolekit   
     - Cinnamon: lightdm + elogind   
     - KDE: lightdm + elogind   
     - LXQT: lightdm + elogind   
     - MATE: slim + consolekit      mate-desktop-environment   
      
      Paul   
      
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