[maemo-users] External Keyboard Recommendations

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Jun 23, 2008, at 5:12 PM, Mark wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt>  
> wrote:
>
>> The most important thing to remember
>> is to use maemo-gtk-im-switch to re-enable the vkb *before* you  
>> unplug the
>> USB keyboard.
>
> If you use a USB keyboard (and I hear a bluetooth keyboard does the
> same thing), if you unplug the external keyboard the on-screen stylus
> keyboard will no longer come up unless you reboot.  (The thumb
> keyboard will still come up if you press the center button on the
> D-pad.) I believe this is for the N810 as well as the N800, and
> probably the N770 as well. Is the solution for that to type
> "maemo-gtk-im-switch osso-input-method" into xterm?

This only applies to USB keyboards.