Questions tagged [input-device]
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Adjust Hyper-V Keyboard Latency
I have found that copy/paste from my host machine into a Hyper-V instance is not working consistently. The issue is specific to physical copy/paste buttons on my keyboard as opposed to using a two key ...
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My mouse as stopped working - cursor does not respond at all but trackpad works (details inside)
I have a secondary computer that I use once a week or so. It runs Win7. Today I booted it up and found that my mouse was not responding at all. The cursor would just stay in the center of the screen. ...
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Skype audio device batch file
I need to create a .bat that will change my Skype mic input to a virtual audio cable and the speakers output to a different virtual audio cable, and it cannot affect the Windows default devices in any ...
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I cannot configure usb devices via xinput
I would like to have access to my input devices settings. In the previous versions of ubuntu I was used to do that via xinput.
However xinput provides the following input:
WARNING: running xinput ...
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Windows keeps adding new devices every time I switch cables on my microphone
I was trying out new cables for my microphone and every time Windows adds it as a new device. It creates another one saying Microphone (4- Movo...).
How can I reset the counter so it doesn't add ...
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SigMa micro touchpad returning LEFT_META+S for three finger tap
I have a tablet/convertible with a keyboard integrating a touchpad. The way the latter works is peculiar and does not nicely accomodate for linux usage.
Specifically, even if everything seems OK at ...
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No input driver specified, ignoring this device
I am trying to connect my virtual gamepad device to Linux. However, opening running the console app I get the message
No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
This device may have been added ...
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Is there an API for HP DreamColor Monitors? Something that can control input via internal USB hub?
I have a HP DreamColor Z24x G2 monitor and a couple of HP Z24N monitors (first edition I believe) and both models have a built-in USB hub.
Interestingly, on the HP DreamColor Z24x G2, the USB 2.0 HUB ...
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Hotkeys not working on ZAReason laptop in CentOS 8
I was rather excited to put a new SSD into my ZAReason laptop and install CentOS 8.
After everything else is working great, I noticed that the hot buttons above my keyboard do not work other than ...
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Pen input isn't correct working after 1709 Fall Creator Update
After the Windows 1709 Fall Creator Update the behavior of my surface pen has changed.
It seems that the Digital Pen input is interpreted as touch instead of mouse click.
I checked the battery of my ...
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Mouse pad stops working, restart in driver solves issue temporarily, but is much to frequent
For the last half of year, I have been pestered with a touchpad problem and have not tried to try solving the issue until recently.
My touchpad is a precision touchpad as described by Windows. There ...
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Is there a way to disable automatic movement of the pen input window?
I am using a Microsoft Surface 3 with the newer Surface Pen. When using the pen input window, it moves around of it's own accord. It's clearly intended to be "helpful" by moving itself where it thinks ...
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Can I use my Surface 3 as an external drawing tablet?
I have a Microsoft Surface 3 (not pro) with the Surface Pen stylus. I am wondering if I can use my Surface as an external drawing tablet (input device) for my desktop computer (running win 8.1 pro). ...
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Is there a software that can simulate an input device (game controller) on Windows?
For a scientific experiment I want to control a driving simulation to make the car constantly go a certain speed. This requires a fixed input from an input device like a gaming pedal (say 80% force). ...
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Is there a way to handle separate input devices for different windowed programs, without losing/switching window focus?
I am trying to work out a solution for a faux-splitscreen setup where there are 4 windowed programs (4 separate instances of a game); each with their own input devices and window focus.
In essence, I ...
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Using my Touchpad and Keyboard at the Same Time on my Dell Inspirion 5520
I recently bought a Dell Inspirion 5520 laptop running Windows 8. Overall I like the device, but there's one thing that keeps bugging me; whenever I type something and then immediately try to use the ...
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Rename X11 input devices with hotplugging?
Is it possible to change the X11 input device identifiers, as they are for example listed by xinput? Preferably without switching to a static xorg.conf configuration, I'm using xorg-server 1.12.4 (...
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Additional Keys device with no key holding for repeated input feature - can it be overcome (reWASD?)?
I am choosing additional keys+dial device to use with Photoshop (and in general). My minimal requirements are:
physical dial(s) with each step feedback
"some" amount of buttons
ability to ...
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Debian: Changing keyboard layout doesn't update key positions for game input
Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.5, KDE Frameworks 5.103.0, Qt 5.15.8, running Wayland.
In daily work I use a customized version of the Workman layout. I've noticed that changing the layout also ...
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USB Microphone Shows Up in Device Manager, but not Windows Sound -> Recording
I have a blue snowball usb microphone, and it shows up in device manager under "Sound, video, and game controllers". However, when I go to the sound control panel, under the "Recording&...
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How to use This Script to Disable horizontal (left/right) mouse input during specific key hold
I am an Occupational Therapist working with a patient who has quadriplegia but had great head movement. He has Windows 11 and He wants to be able to hardcore game on his gaming laptop and we have been ...
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My audio devices gradually disappearing
I am just using my computer normally a few days ago and just finished a Zoom call with no issue. But a few hours later, I found my computer telling me it can't find my microphone ("no microphone ...
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How do I remap axes on my gamepad?
My gamepad has an issue. It's an old Gembird controller and I don't want to buy a new controller. Its right stick interprets X axis as Y. And vice versa. How can I remap it to solve this issue?
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Keyboard plugged in display cannot be used until monitor wake-up message disappears
I have a Dell UltraSharp 49" (U4919DW) display and I use it as an input to connect all my devices (keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.) and connect to my laptop (Dell Precision 5560) through USB-C. ...
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xserver not using hotplug keyboard and mouse
I'm using a Linux desktop. My own customized distro, using debian packages, but no systemd stuff.
The problem is if I re-plug the USB keyboard or mouse, the X will not respond to them anymore. unless ...
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PCI device: who assign I/O address range ? (Bios, Driver or Opeating System)
Who assign I/O memory adress range ?
I'm a little confused, I don't know if this address range is assigned by Bios, Driver or Operating system.
I have a problem with an address range of a device and ...
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How do I simulate a scroll wheel use on my Windows 7 laptop?
My laptop is a Windows 7 Lenovo 64-bit laptop with 2 GB RAM and it only has a touchpad.
How do I simulate a scroll wheel?
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Keyboard random keys not working anymore (T, Y, F3, F7, Backspace)
Switch Hitter result:
As you can see some keys are not working anymore.
What I did:
Deleted keyboard drivers and restarted
Unplugged / plugged keyboard
Tried on another PC (exactly same issue on ...
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Keyboard/mouse undetected after installing Windows 10
Afterwards, I installed Windows 10 (over Windows 7) on my SSD. First start was ok, keyboard and mouse were working fine. I shut it down and came back hours later to discover that I cannot input ...
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My mouse will periodically "pause" when plugged into a USB hub
This is a weird one, and I can't track down where to look. When I have a mouse plugged into a hub, it will pause/freeze/hang for about a second every 30 seconds or so. Moving, scrolling and clicking ...
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no mouse at /dev/input/mouse0 after upgrade to Debian Buster
After upgrading my headless Raspberry Pi 2B to Raspbian/Debian Buster (and reboots), the USB mouse stopped writing to /dev/input/mouse0; the follwoing command remains silent when I move the mouse or ...
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How can I set my preferred game controller through the registry?
Windows allows a "preferred" device to be set as the primary controller. What registry key is responsible for this? I want to change it through a batch script rather than opening this dialog every ...
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Controlling two PDF viewrs with a single presenter or mouse wheel
I've been living on the CLI for 5 years now.
However, now and then comes a situation when I have to use other input devices.
Specifically, I am planing on giving a talk (beamer latex) and the ...
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NFC/RFID - Acr122u
So I'm using the Acr122u reader as part of a project implementing Host card emulation on an Android device and need the reader for testing my application.
Picture of reader here
I assumed at a basic ...
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Properties of a good object for tapping (stylus) on touchscreen keyboard?
I was thinking of inputting somewhat larger text on a touchscreen, and since I have fat and clumsy fingers, that will be a total pain to type by hand/fingers.
So I thought, it would be much easier ...
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Is it possible to swap mouse buttons on a webpage?
On my website, I want to swap the secondary and primary mouse buttons. In other words I want to switch the mouse button functionality and make the right click work as left click and vise-versa.
My ...
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Trouble assigning different layouts to multiple simultaneous input devices in Linux
I have a Linux machine on which I frequently switch between a standard, wireless Logitech keyboard with built-in trackpad, and an "air mouse" with built-in mini keyboard. The keyboard has a Swedish ...
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When pressing Up+left + another key, the last key doesn't 'work'
I hope I'm right in thinking this is the site where you post general computer-related problems...
A problem I have when playing games (since you won't be pressing multiple keys simultaneously anytime ...
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Keyboard lag & mouse selection issues
A few weeks ago I started experiencing typing lag which is 'somewhat' intermittent. It happens in all programs including browsers & Microsoft Word (though not as often). I also have experienced ...
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Modding new style 'buttonless' touchpads
I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I really hate these new button-less touchpads that seem to be on 90% of current machines. E.g.
My biggest peeve with these things ...
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No audio input deviced are installed
If I go to Sound > Recording Devices and it says "No audio devices are installed"
If I click to set up a microphone I get an error
"Wizard could not launch, No audio input device found, make sure ...
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Dual Monitor on Windows causing calibration error on tablet (input device) when using Windows Journal
Recently, I got a dual monitor set up for my desktop running on Windows 7.
However, this causes some problems with my tablet input-device in certain applications. I use Windows Journal very ...
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sound detection accessing device node directly
I am attempting to invoke a bash action triggered by audio input. A very
simple sound detection sensor (no record) with adjustable threshold utilizing
a pc's onboard audio chipset and audio microphone ...
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Right click activated by holding left mouse button?
This feature is implemented in the tablet edition of Windows and under certain editions of Windows CE, but I'm looking to enable this functionality under a normal install of Windows XP.
How do I go ...
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How to force detection of PS/2 mouse in multi-media Windows environment?
Windows now thinks that I have some sort of infrared mouse hooked up to my new TV Tuner (mouse properties show "human input device on eHome infrared" something or another).
How can I dissuade it of ...