Full keyboard on Arch ARM (wandboard)
#1
Hi everybody,

I got a small problem. I have Kodi 14 installed on my Wandboard Quad running Arch ARM and I have a full keyboard attached to it. Now whenever a (virtual) keyboard comes up in Kodi - say for searching for a video, I wanna be able to just use the regular keyboard keys on my physical keyboard, but that does not work. Instead I have to use the arrow keys + return. I have the feeling that the hotkeys are still active when the virtual keyboard comes up.

How do I configure Kodi the way I want?

Thanks,
Sven
Reply
#2
Does anybody have an idea? Is this even possible?
Reply
#3
I have the same problem (running latest arch linux fro ARM on Cubox).
Reply
#4
What you want works fine in x86. There must be something different in arm. You could play with the options in settings? There are some input devices settings.

Also if you are wanting to input text I recommend yatse on an android phone/tablet.
If I have helped you or increased your knowledge, click the 'thumbs up' button to give thanks :) (People with less than 20 posts won't see the "thumbs up" button.)
Reply
#5
In case more people have the problem: Kodi needs read and write access on /dev/tty0 which can be realized with a udev rule:
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNEL=="tty0", GROUP="tty", MODE="0666"

From: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kodi#Raspberry_Pi
Reply

Logout Mark Read Team Forum Stats Members Help
Full keyboard on Arch ARM (wandboard)0