On 18 Dec 2014 at 16:50, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Subject: Re: Disabling a specific key From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:50:43 +0000 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > 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 Take a look at /etc/X11/Xmodmap file. Looks like you could add the mapping to that, and it work change how xserver sees the key. Also, saw mention of the change not affecting the already loaded xserver unless one also does xmodmap /etc/X11/Xmodmap Some time ago, I had machines with keyboard that had no insert key next to the home key. Double sized DEL key. So I had mapped the menu context button to be INSERT, but its been a while since I played with it. Something to try. > > -- > 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 +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS ROSETTA 23352632.085707 | SETI 39269284.523804 ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 45539783.101899 -- 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
