UBUNTU 11.10 - Onboard on-screen keyboard at login??

[Tim Waterman]

I'm using UBUNTU 11.10 (Unity 2D) on my old tablet PC.
I need to get the onboard on-screen keyboard to appear at login.

Existing instructions already out-there suggest editing the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file, but this doesn't exist!

On this version of UBUNTU, how do I enable onboard to appear at login?

Thanks..

[grahammechanical]

Go to System Settings. You will find it on the Power Cog menu. Select Universal Access and under the Typing tab you will see a slider that switches on Typing Assistant = Screen keyboard.

Maybe that will do what you want. There is also this:

http://www.upubuntu.com/2011/07/virtual-keyboard-for-touchscreen.html

How good it is and if it does what you want I cannot say.

Regards.

[jbicha]

If you're talking about seeing the onscreen keyboard on the login screen itself, you should be able to just click the accessibility icon (looks like a man figure) in the top right and select screen keyboard.