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Re: [trinity-users] login without keyboard

From: "E. Liddell" <ejlddll@...>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:04:21 -0500
On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 10:56:20 +0100
Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@...> wrote:

> I assume the answer to be "no", but:
> 
> Is there any way to get an onscreen keyboard at the TDE login screen?
> 
> Actually this is the only "problem" left on this machine (Toshiba z20t): 
> refind does not work, so it's impossible to choose the OS at boot and to 
> login in tde without the keyboard.
> 
> This is not really a problem because I only want the tablet in special 
> situations, but the problem just nags.

If you have only a single user, you can log in automatically and bypass the 
tdm screen altogether (or just allow passwordless logins for selected users) 
by adjusting some settings in tdmrc.  That way you shouldn't need the 
keyboard.

E. Liddell