Onboard keyboard crashing on kubuntu 24.04

Question

Why does onboard keyboard crash every time i open it. Please assist.

Thank you.

Based on the info given here there is no way to offer any help. Details needed. What does on board mean? Is it a laptop keyboard? A software keyboard? Has it ever worked? Did it work and now it does not? What have you changed since it did work? Is a good start. — David DE, Jun 01 '24 at 16:40
We have solved already many of these problems with onboard v1.4.2-x and hope to make this keyboard again compatible with all newer distributions: https://github.com/dr-ni/onboard.git — dr.n, Jul 31 '25 at 22:16

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '24 at 17:54

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I have now found a solution:
The presets of onboard are not working anymore with my OS. I could get it back working by changing

“Onboard Settings” → Keyboard → Advanced → Input Options

There I changed “Input event source” from Xinput to GTK.
May be there are now incompatible Xinput calls?

answered Jun 14 '24 at 17:54

Uni Nieu

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+1. This works for me also in Lubuntu (Noble and Oracular) after an extra tweak (adding zenity to get GTK support). See details at this link – sudodus Jun 14 '24 at 20:53
This also works for Ubuntu Unity 24.04. – mchid Jul 29 '25 at 20:53

Kepol · Answer 2 · 2024-09-04T06:01:55.320

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I solved this by changing the setting 'key-stroke-generator' from auto to 'AT-SPI'. Under “Onboard Settings” → Keyboard → Advanced → Input Options. Im running Kubuntu 24.04

edited Sep 04 '24 at 06:01

answered Sep 03 '24 at 08:13

Kepol

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Which version (22.04.x LTS or 24.04.x LTS?) and which flavour (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, ... Xubuntu) are you running? – sudodus Sep 03 '24 at 10:44
Im running Kubuntu 24.04 – Kepol Sep 03 '24 at 15:45

Onboard keyboard crashing on kubuntu 24.04

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