On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 16:27 +0000, 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 <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > 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 be disabled I would consider remapping it to a > > > second Backspace. > > > > > > Any ideas? I'm using KDE under F21 but I would hope for a general > > > solution to this. > > > > I would use xmodmap for this: > > > > xmodmap -e "keycode <your_key_code_here> = NoSymbol" > > > > (or something along these lines). You can find out the key code with xev. > > Thanks, I'll try that. Well it worked on a command line, but not in a browser window. I put it in my .xsession file and logged out and in again, to no avail. I'll ask again on the KDE list in case it's something KDE-specific. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org