How Do I Make a Key on the Keyboard Do *Nothing*?
My Right Control Key on My Keyboard Sticks. I Hit It Accidentally Often Enough That I'd Like to Make It Do Absolutely Nothing When It's Hit. Is This Possible?...
My right control key on my keyboard sticks. I hit it accidentally often enough that I'd like to make it do absolutely nothing when it's hit. Is this possible?
1 Answer
Use xev to find out what the keycode is. My Control_R is 105. Then run this:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 105 = NoSymbol'
If that works, head into the start-up applications dialogue and add a new entry to run that command on boot.
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