On Mon 22 Jan 2024 at 11:43:36 (-0600), Mike McClain wrote: > On my keyboard there are some buttons in the top right corner above > the number pad. one marked with circle with an x over it, one with a > moon the third with analarm clock ringing. > Wondering what they were and how they were handled I typed > 'Control v' in bash on the command line then the button with the Xed > out circle. Much to my chagrin my computer shutdown while I had files > open for editing. OOPs. > I think I now know what those buttons do but am wondering if there > is a way to disable them short of dismantling the keyboard. > > mike@DevuanPI4b:~> uname -a > Linux MikesDevuanPI 6.1.70 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 7 04:13:59 CET 2024 > aarch64 GNU/Linux > > I'm now on a Raspberry PI running Devuan but also run Debian on a > different PI and MS Windows 2000 on a Pentium based tower. > > Bumping one of those buttons and inadvertently killing the system > while in the midst of a task is something I'd like to avoid, > > Be well and Thanks for any suggestions,
You could try running: $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 124=' # to override XF86PowerOff $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 150=' # to override XF86Sleep $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 151=' # to override XF86WakeUp perhaps. Perhaps don't redefine XF86WakeUp until XF86Sleep is overridden. Cheers, David.
