Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread jd1008
On 12/19/2014 05:03 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 20/12/14 06:18, jd1008 wrote: On 12/19/2014 03:27 AM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 13:56, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 05:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrot

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread Rolf Turner
On 20/12/14 06:18, jd1008 wrote: On 12/19/2014 03:27 AM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 13:56, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 05:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread jd1008
On 12/19/2014 03:27 AM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 13:56, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 05:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you do not know the KeyCode, run the

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 17:11 -0700, jd1008 wrote: > > I already did the equivalent of all that using xmodmap and xev. See > > earlier posts. Furthermore, the request was for a way to do it for > all > > input from the keyboard, not just a specific terminal session. > > > > Thanks all the same. > > >

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 10:39 +0200, Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 19 December 2014 at 01:29, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote: > >> On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: > >> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > [.

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread Rolf Turner
On 19/12/14 13:56, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 05:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program: showkey and press the key in questi

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-19 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 19 December 2014 at 01:29, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote: >> On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > [] >> >> I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 05:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program: showkey and press the key in question and it's code will be displayed

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Rolf Turner
On 19/12/14 11:55, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program: showkey and press the key in question and it's code will be displayed. You must wait 10 seconds of idle and showke

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 04:29 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [] I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often do

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 04:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 11:01 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/18/2014 10:47 AM, Andras Simon wrote: You mean you ran it in a terminal, and it worked there but not in a browser running beside it? I'm baffled! That doesn't sound unreasonable if the

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 03:55 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program: showkey and press the key in question and it's code will be displayed. You must wait 10 seconds of idle and s

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 02:34 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [] I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often don't notice until I've over

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:27 -0700, jd1008 wrote: > On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > [] > >> I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often > >> don't notice until I've overwritten a bunch

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 11:01 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/18/2014 10:47 AM, Andras Simon wrote: > > You mean you ran it in a terminal, and it worked there but not in a > > browser running beside it? > > I'm baffled! > > That doesn't sound unreasonable if the browser was opened first. If so, > i

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:54 +1300 Rolf Turner wrote: > On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: > > > > If you do not know the KeyCode, run the program: > > showkey > > > > and press the key in question > > and it's code will be displayed. > > You must wait 10 seconds of idle > > and showkey program will

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Rolf Turner
On 19/12/14 08:27, jd1008 wrote: On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [] I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often don't notice until I've overwritten a bunch of characters, so I prefer to

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 12:12 PM, Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [] I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often don't notice until I've overwritten a bunch of characters, so I prefer to put it beyond use. To the

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:31:49 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [] > I'm sure I would still hit it occasionally. The problem is that I often > don't notice until I've overwritten a bunch of characters, so I prefer > to put it beyond use. Why not simply pry the key cap off? --

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/18/2014 10:47 AM, Andras Simon wrote: You mean you ran it in a terminal, and it worked there but not in a browser running beside it? I'm baffled! That doesn't sound unreasonable if the browser was opened first. If so, it might be a good idea to run the command in a terminal and then ope

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:21:23 -0700 jd1008 wrote: > Is there a way to alter the key mapping on the main text only console in > single user mode? rpm -q -i kbd says: The kbd package contains tools for managing a Linux system's console's behavior, including the keyboard, the screen fonts, the virt

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Andras Simon
2014-12-18 17:50 GMT+01:00, Patrick O'Callaghan : > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 16:27 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 15:54 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> > 2014-12-18 14:35 GMT+01:00, Patrick O'Callaghan : >> > > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert ke

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread jd1008
On 12/18/2014 11:03 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 18 Dec 2014 at 16:50, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Subject: Re: Disabling a specific key From: Patrick O'Callaghan To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date sent: T

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 18 Dec 2014 at 16:50, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Subject: Re: Disabling a specific key From: Patrick O'Callaghan To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:50:43 + Send reply to:

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 16:27 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 15:54 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > > 2014-12-18 14:35 GMT+01:00, Patrick O'Callaghan : > > > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right > > > beside the Backspace and I keep hitting i

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 02:04 +1030, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 18 December 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > > keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right > > beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and changing > > the insert mode > > Oh, and another th

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 02:02 +1030, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 18 December 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key > > right beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and > > changing the insert mode of whatever I'm

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 15:54 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > 2014-12-18 14:35 GMT+01:00, Patrick O'Callaghan : > > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right > > beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and changing the > > insert mode of whatever I'm typing.

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 18 December 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right > beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and changing > the insert mode Oh, and another thing... ;-) Just had a look at a picture of that keyboard

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 18 December 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key > right beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and > changing the insert mode of whatever I'm typing. I want to disable > this key completely as I

Re: Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Andras Simon
2014-12-18 14:35 GMT+01:00, Patrick O'Callaghan : > I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right > beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and changing the > insert mode of whatever I'm typing. I want to disable this key > completely as I can think of no c

Disabling a specific key

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key right beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and changing the insert mode of whatever I'm typing. I want to disable this key completely as I can think of no circumstance in which it would ever be useful. If it can't