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Setup a linux computer to act as a bluetooth keyboard/mouse

I want to make my laptop announce itself as a bluetooth keyboard or/and a bluetooth mouse. It would be nice to be able to connect the computer to my phone or my media computer using bluetooth. Does anyone know of a good way to do this?
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How secure is a bluetooth keyboard against password sniffing?

In a situation where an admin will enter sensitive information into a keyboard (the root password), what is the risk that a bluetooth keyboard (ship by default with Mac systems these days) would put those passwords at risk? Another way of asking…
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How do you swap the caps lock to control in xfce?

I used to have the caps lock and control swapped in GNOME, but when I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 I also changed my desktop environment to Xfce. I have the following line in my xorg.conf: Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" But that doesn't…
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VMware in Linux breaks my ALT, CTRL and/or SHIFT keys. How do I fix it?

After using Windows or Mac OS X as the guest OS in VMware for Linux, sometimes my ALT, SHIFT or CTRL keys break and stop working. So I can't use ALT+Tab, for example. Does anyone know what the cause is, and how to fix that? Is there a way to make…
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"Bind" USB-keyboard exclusively to specific application

What i have: Linux machine (debian stable) without monitor, keyboard, no X running USB-device which acts like an USB-keyboard (like many barcode-readers [1]) What i (don't) want: I want to use this device only for one specific application. I…
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Fix Control-C in mysql command line programme?

In the mysql command line, pressing Control-C will cancel the programme, and bring you back to bash. In psql, the one for postgres, it will kill the current query and will not stop the psql programme. Is there any way to get the psql style behaviour…
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How to remap shift-space to underscore in linux (not GNOME or KDE)

I do a lot of shell scripting in linux (running xmonad window manager, so I can use xmodmap or xinput, but not GNOME or KDE control panels), and it would be super useful for a shift-space keystroke to output an underscore ("_") character. Any ideas…
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Using a laptop as an external monitor and keyboard for a server?

Is there a way to use an old laptop as an external keyboard and monitor for my rack servers?
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Unable to uninstall Microsoft's Keyboard Drivers in Mac

I installed the Microsoft's Keyboard drivers for my Natural Ergonomic 4000. My customized keyboard is now broken. I want to uninstall the drivers. I removed the buttons for MS keyboard at Preferences, but this did not remove the drivers. How can you…
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Windows equivalent to xev (X Event Viewer)

I need a Windows program which can display all keys pressed on a keyboard, basically an equivalent of the xev(1) program for X11, in order to troubleshoot a problem I have which I'm not sure is hardware related or not. Googling for "keyboard…
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Stop external USB keyboard repeating key presses on Vista

We have an infuriating problem with a (Vista/Dell) laptop. When an external (Logitech) USB keyboard is attached to it, it regularly starts repeating key presses. When the user recently deleted an Outlook message, it deleted them all! When typing a…
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Cheap or DIY Keyboard Overlays?

I am in charge to furnish a class with keyboards that have colored keys for special functions. It's for kids in their free time to learn video cutting and editing (mainly on Final Cut Pro). Now, these Logic Keyboards or Overlays already exist, but…
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Ubuntu keyboard detection from bash script

Excuse my ignorance of linux OS/hardware issues...I'm just a programmer :) I have an application that calls out to some bash scripts to launch external applications, in this case Firefox. The application runs on a kiosk with touch screen capability.…
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How is the SysRq key used on a linux system?

I understand that the SysRq key can be used to execute low-level system commands on a crashed linux server. Can someone explain how to use this feature, whether it works remotely over ssh or a vmware console window, and anything else it can be used…
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Num Lock goes off when entering a virtual Server2008 in VMWare Workstation 7.1.0 ? (on Win7 x64)

How do you keep Num Lock on when entering a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation 7.1.0 on Windows 7 x64 so you don't have to enter that key every time?
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