Questions tagged [input-device]
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Why does my keyboard keep registering imaginary key presses?
I'm running a Windows 10 Gateway laptop, about 3-4 years old. Had this bug occur where the End key is being triggered seemingly at random. Happens even when Num Lock is on. Occurrence rate is totally ...
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Games getting stuck inputs after tabbing back in
This is an issue regarding this keyboard
I often play a game on one monitor and watch something else on the second. Whenever I alt-tab out of the game, type something, and tab back in, the game thinks ...
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wireless keyboard, mice and sometimes wifi drop out for a few seconds then continue losing any work in between
We have six computers in our household and this problem happens to every one with wireless mouse or keyboard. The device just stops working for 2-10 seconds, then starts working again. This happens ...
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Understanding the Relationship between Device IOPS and Throughput
I'm trying to understand the relationship between device IOPS and throughput. I used AmorphousDiskMark to gather some information, and I have one question:
My SSD disk is based on 4KB per block. So, I ...
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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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Enabling disabled Asus NumberPad
I have found these instructions for disabling the Asus NumberPad via Windows Device Manager.
However, before I disable it, I need to know how to enable it back again in case I need it.
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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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I have found an analogue device that has an active input but can't find a way to disable it. How do I do that?
This is the second time I try to find a "ghost device" that gives "random" inputs since there aren't any built in tools to make it easy. I have managed to find out that it's an ...
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Keyboard, mouse response very sluggish
Please describe the issue in 2-3 sentences. Include what you're trying to accomplish when the issue occurs.
Both the keyboard and mouse exhibit significant delay before input is registered on-screen. ...
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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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Why can't I use the laptop mouse or keyboard in any X window manager on an Alpine Linux machine?
My laptop's keyboard and mice don't work in an X session anymore regardless if started by xinit or a dm. The keyboard works fine in a tty though. I would've included all the necessary info in my ...
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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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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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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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Disable horizontal (left/right) mouse input during specific key press (toggle) or key hold
In Windows 10, I am looking for a way to disable any input from my mouse's movement in the horizontal or left/right direction while still allowing the input in the vertical or up/down direction to be ...
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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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How to spoof a microphone to a program?
I often need to join Zoom meetings where I am merely a participant (that is, listening only and not speaking).
Zoom lets you join without a webcam fine, but moronically requires you to have an audio ...
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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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Zoom Not Allowing me to change my Microphone
Zoom Not Allowing me to change my Microphone
I am currently using a Windows Server 2016 for connecting on Zoom. But, My Zoom says "If you cannot hear your voice, select a different microphone&...
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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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How to use two applications simultaneously, using mouse on one and keyboard on another?
Okay this may be too much effort for a thing which is not that effective, but while using dual monitors I want to play be able to type in one application, while clicking and navigating a browser ...
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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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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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How to use steam controller as a game controller outside of steam
I am playing a game that is only available in the EpicGames store and i would very much like to play it using a gamepad. But the only gamepad i own is a steam controller and it always emulates ...
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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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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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Windows inserts additional characters when pressing a key
Since two reboots ago, Windows enters a backslash in front of every zero I type on the number row, like so: /0. This does not happen when using the numpad.
Similarly, when hitting Enter on the numpad,...
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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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One VGA port, how do I connect both a VGA and DVI to it?
I have a monitor with one VGA port. I want to be able to plug in a VGA and a DVI into that monitor, only one input will be used at a time.
It's a hassle to undo the knobs each time I want to switch ...
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Making X recognize joypad input as activity
I want my desktop to stop dimming and screen locking when I’m playing my games, but I don’t want to have to disable power saving features before I start playing every time. I feel like other input ...
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Block a specific program from accessing a device
Because of a long not-fixed bug in Steam with Linux, I want to block a specific program (Steam) from having any access whatsoever to a specific device (Sony DualShock 4 controller).
I tried setting ...
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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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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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Switch from PC display to HDMI connected ps4
I have windows 10 and I have connected my ps4 to my laptop computer via an HDMI wire, and I just can't figure out how to display it on the screen.
How can I view the output of the HDMI on the laptop ...
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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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Trackpoint speed too high with libinput
archlinux recently switched to libinput as the default input driver. Since then the trackpoint on my Dell Latitude E5470 is barely usable. It is much too fast and detailed pointing isn't possible.
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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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Wacom Tablet CTH-680 not detected on Fedora 25?
I know wacom tablets are a problematic to begin with since there's little official support from wacom. However I 've read in multiple forums that users had gotten their CTH-680 to start working easily....
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How to simulate USB keyboard from machine?
I want to use one PC as a USB keyboard for another PC. It has to be indistinguishable from actual USB keyboard. How can I achieve this?
A solution that works with any of Ubuntu Linux 14 and above, OS ...
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Program to use an Xbox controller as a mouse [closed]
I recently bought an Xbox 360 controller for my computer (those things are really cheap now that the new Xbox is the norm) and I was trying to figure out if there was a way to use the controller as a ...
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