[olpc-help] disable built-in keyboard?

[Ixo X oxI]

FYI,
   There's a great overview of various ways of 're-defining' a stuck key.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Stuck_keys

If your answer doesn't lie in there, let me know,
Thanks, -Ixo

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Paul Fox <pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote:

> this has come up a couple of times on the G1G1 user forums, and
> it feels like there should be a simple solution, and i'm hoping
> someone here will have an idea.
>
> when laptops suffer the stuck-key keyboard problem, it not only
> renders the builtin keyboard useless, but also an external
> keyboard, due to the stuck control or alt key.
>
> might it be possible to disable the builtin keyboard either by
> manipulating a node under /sys/class/input/input3/..., or by editing
> xorg.conf?  there's clearly a chicken/egg problem here, since the
> user might not even be able to type enough to fix the problem.
> but it might be worth a try.
>
> paul
> =---------------------
>  paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 34.0degrees)
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