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WorseDoughnut
WorseDoughnut
3:05 PM
Is there a way to permanently hardware-disable the "Windows Key" in Debian?
 
terdon
terdon
3:33 PM
@WorseDoughnut Hardware-disable? So that it doesn't even work on different OS or bios?
I don't see how that could be possible through the OS, not unless you get access to they keyboard firmware.
 
WorseDoughnut
WorseDoughnut
3:51 PM
@terdon No, i guess "hardware disable" is the wrong term for it. But never mind either way, I've got a dell support call scheduled about this already anyway.
 
terdon
terdon
@WorseDoughnut You think they can help on the *nix front? I doubt it. What do you really need? Disable it in the GUI only? In virtual consoles as well?
Will xmodmap -e 'keycode 38=' do?
 
WorseDoughnut
WorseDoughnut
Well we bought the laptop with Ubuntu on it, and the regular support guy couldn't help, so i had to schedule a call with the "advanced linux support" team that doesnt work weekends.

The laptop keeps going to the lock screen and then sleeping, randomly and very frequently; i though the windows key was bugged and was seind the Win + L lock randomly. But then it persisted during a live boot of Clonezilla, which doesn't support Win+ L, so now I think it's a hardware issue with the power button, but it doesn't randomly turn off in the BIOS or in GRUB, so it's probably some obscure linux issue, …
This issue has persisted between clean Debian installs as well
 
terdon
terdon
OK, sounds like a hardware bug, as you say. The Dell folks are the ones to ask.
 
WorseDoughnut
WorseDoughnut
Yeah we've got the damn pro support, so i might as well use it.
It's like, days beyond the return date though, which is BS
 

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