I have a standard keyboard with numerical keys on the right side (I guess it’s called 104-key keyboard). I want to use the numerical keys only as numerical keys. That means I don’t want the NumLock to switch on and off the numerical keys.
How can one programmatically “freeze” the Keyboard & Mouse temporarily, so that no one could mess with the system?
In the magic sysrq key combinations, there is the combination alt+sysrq+r which, according to wikipedia, does the following:
CentOS 6.2, 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 laptop. SysRQ is enabled for keyboard input, as is witnessed by:
I want to somehow generate a comprehensive “menu” of all possible ways to set up the GNU-screen “command characters” for a standard, off-the-shelf “US keyboard” and a specific terminal emulator, say xfce4-terminal.
I use an Apple wired keyboard on Linux. By default the function keys (F1, F2, F3, etc) require the fn key to be pressed for them to work. Without the fn key, these keys control the features like Screen Brightness, Volume, and Music Track Control.
Note: I asked this question in superuser about a month ago, but there hasn’t been a reply till then, and the question relates to linux, so I’m posting it here.
Is it possible to remap the CapsLock key system wide such that when the CapsLock button is pressed by itself it acts as the escape key and when pressed with another key it acts as the control key?
I need to record every keystroke and store in a file in the user directory ~, when using my account, I am not sudoer and I cannot install programs (like logKeys) in any way. How could I do so using terminal?
I’m using Xubuntu. Before login I can choose a keyboard layout. I’m using xmodmap for remapping some keys.