Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard

[Randy Barlow]

Lutz Schönemann wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video,
>>>> music
>>>>> player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control
>>>> connected
>>>>> to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the
>> xorg-server
>>>> not
>>>>> to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a
>> bluetooth
>>>>> keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming
>> from
>>>> this
>>>>> keyboard should be processed.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in
>>> your
>>>> xorg.conf?
>>>>
>>> Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my
>>> xorg.conf. But how can I do it?
>>
>>
>> Removing the part in your conifg, I suppose. A question: Don't you want to
>> use the keyboard anymore with X?
>>
>> Sven
>
> I suppose you meant the part:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Standard Keyboard"
>         Driver      "kbd"
>         Option      "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
>         Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "de"
>         Option      "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> EndSection
>
> If I remove this part from my config X would use a standard configuration for keyboads connected to that computer.
> My goal is that only one keyboard will not work. This way I can use a daemon to process events coming from this device.

I haven't ever tried this, but have you looked into using a keyboard 
section with an option similar to:

Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

but replacing /dev/input/mice with the path to the keyboard you *do* 
want to use (I have no idea what that path would be...)?

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