On Wednesday 14 August 2019 13.28:27 E. Liddell wrote:

> What about matchbox-keyboard, if your distro packages it?  I've never used
> it, but it looks like its only dependencies are some X libraries (no dbus,
> DCOP, or other messaging service).
>
> E. Liddell

Seems to work, but the keys are too small for my fingers on th login screen. 
Thanks for the hint, I did not know that one.

> have you tried "xvkbd" ?
>
> Nik

This seems to be the solution if I want to keep Buster. xvkbd is a bit crude 
compared to onboard, but for login it's enough.

Using -geometry I can get the keys to be big enough and the keyboard to be 
placed correctly. Not so bad.

Thanks Nik

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