Maliit keyboard gone

I did a fresh install on my rog ally, and the maliit virtual keyboard is gone, it doesn't pop-up automatically, its not present in the virtual keyboard settings, and when I try to manually install, the console tells me its already installed

wolfyreload•1/1/25, 9:10 AM

What version of Bazzite are you on? I'm on "bazzite-nvidia:testing-41.20241231" (you can run

rpm-ostree status

rpm-ostree status

in the terminal to check) And the virtual keyboard is there for me. I have an Rog ally where I can switch to your version and see if I can reproduce

HikariKnight•1/1/25, 1:29 PM

it got disabled yesterday i think

HikariKnight•1/1/25, 1:29 PM

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/commit/f3afe718c1caf591a7163dc4012493334fd5a8d2

GitHub

Revert "chore: Restore maliit keyboard" · ublue-os/bazzite@f3afe71

This reverts commit 2112e5d3ca972203a49ce138ab347121fb41b24e.

Aru•1/1/25, 2:28 PM

Maliit removed again? Rip, time to manually workaround again

Aru•1/1/25, 2:32 PM

Edit:
this works

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

Aru•1/1/25, 2:33 PM

for to manually re-add the desktop entry

Aru•1/1/25, 2:33 PM

then remember to set maliit as the virtual keyboard

Wwolfyreload What version of Bazzite are you on? I'm on "bazzite-nvidia:testing-41.20241231" ...

JorgeOP•1/1/25, 5:57 PM

wolfyreload•1/1/25, 5:58 PM

Looks like it was removed. See if Aru's fix above works for you

JorgeOP•1/1/25, 5:58 PM

latest one as of this morning

JorgeOP•1/1/25, 5:58 PM

I will try it right now

AAru Edit: this works ```bash curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/le...

JorgeOP•1/1/25, 6:40 PM

didnt work

Aru•1/1/25, 9:48 PM

cat "$HOME/.local/share/applications/com.github.maliit.keyboard.desktop"

cat "$HOME/.local/share/applications/com.github.maliit.keyboard.desktop"

Aru•1/1/25, 9:48 PM

Do you see any output?

Aru•1/1/25, 9:51 PM

only other thing i could think of is the immodule bug, but that should've been fixed a while back.

here's the old workaround, in case you want to try it:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

AAru Maliit removed again? Rip, time to manually workaround again

Kyle Gospo•1/3/25, 1:47 AM

It started enabling itself by default in KDE

Kyle Gospo•1/3/25, 1:47 AM

If we can find a better way to fix it I'll switch it back, but this is better than everybody having two keyboards

KKyle Gospo If we can find a better way to fix it I'll switch it back, but this is better th...

Aru•1/3/25, 12:11 PM

I assumed there was a good reason for removing it, it's just inconvenient for users that prefer it

Aru•1/4/25, 3:58 AM

no maliit means no OSK for the KDE lockscreen though, which is unfortunate

AAru Do you see any output?

Aru•1/4/25, 4:02 AM

side note, I can confirm that this script seems to restore maliit, a user on image 20250101 just tested it

Aru•1/4/25, 4:02 AM

bazzite version the user tried it on

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 4:50 AM

Don’t know if it’s relevant, but I’m on an ROG Ally X, and there’s no more on screen keyboard in desktop mode.

LLinuxConvert Don’t know if it’s relevant, but I’m on an ROG Ally X, and there’s no more on sc...

Aru•1/4/25, 5:05 AM

Did you already try this?

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/legion-go-tricks/refs/heads/main/bazzite-maliit-keyboard.sh | sh

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 5:06 AM

No… do I just type that into a terminal? Will that work on my Asus?

LLinuxConvert No… do I just type that into a terminal? Will that work on my Asus?

Aru•1/4/25, 5:07 AM

Yeah, while the script is hosted on legion-go-tricks, it's a generic script

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 5:07 AM

I’ll go try it and report back.

LLinuxConvert Don’t know if it’s relevant, but I’m on an ROG Ally X, and there’s no more on sc...

Kyle Gospo•1/4/25, 5:08 AM

steam keyboard

Kyle Gospo•1/4/25, 5:08 AM

you were never meant to use malit

KKyle Gospo steam keyboard

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 5:10 AM

So don’t try it?

LLinuxConvert So don’t try it?

Kyle Gospo•1/4/25, 5:10 AM

hit armory crate + x

Kyle Gospo•1/4/25, 5:10 AM

or bind a button (like just x) to open keyboard in steam

Kyle Gospo•1/4/25, 5:11 AM

steam keyboard will open and function, matching how SteamOS works on the deck

Aru•1/4/25, 5:12 AM

Tbh I personally prefer maliit over the deck keyboard for desktop mode.

But that's a fair point, the default recommendation should be the steam keyboard first

Aru•1/4/25, 5:12 AM

Steam keyboard is kinda useless for the KDE lock screen though

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 5:14 AM

Steam keyboard pops up with the left paddle shifter, but I remember being a built in KDE keyboard that would popup when I tap the screen in a text field.

LinuxConvert•1/4/25, 5:14 AM

It was more user friendly.