How TO Completely Disable Keybinds?

MarkW · 2026-08-31 18:49:59

They're a real pain in the arse on a flat laptop keyboard. I can live without them.

And, no it's not user error. Things keep happening that shouldn't happen because I somehow manage to accidentally press some combination of the Ctrl/Alt/Super keys and a letter key at the same time,

PackRat · 2026-08-31 19:23:04

What window manager?

Disable / comment out xbindkeys in the openbox autostart.

There might be an xbindkeys file in /etc/xdg/autostart
Remove it.

hhh · 2026-08-31 19:38:18

Not user error, you just accidentally, repeatedly, hit 3 keys to trigger an action but you can't tell us what it is? The computer explodes? You're on the USS Enterprise but the replicator is malfunctioning and can't make a cup of Earl Grey? You're dog starts barking uncontrollably?

Bluntly, what the hell, Mark? This is nonsense, the worst support request in awhile, and you've had a bunch of questionable ones.

Keybinds on a laptop are a PITA? A flat keyboard? What the hell?

MarkW · 2026-08-31 19:43:44

PackRat wrote:

What window manager?
Disable / comment out xbindkeys in the openbox autostart.
There might be an xbindkeys file in /etc/xdg/autostart
Remove it.

Yeah, Openbox. Cheers

There's a folder in /ext/xdg/ called Autostart with contains the file xbindkeys.desktop

MarkW · 2026-08-31 19:46:51

hhh wrote:

Not user error, you just accidentally, repeatedly, hit 3 keys to trigger an action but you can't tell us what it is? The computer explodes? You're on the USS Enterprise but the replicator is malfunctioning and can't make a cup of Earl Grey? You're dog starts barking uncontrollably?
Bluntly, what the hell, Mark? This is nonsense, the worst support request in awhile, and you've had a bunch of questionable ones.

If you must know I was commenting on a youtube video and something I did made it change to another video halfway through.. I have no idea which of the three keys I hit because I can't see through my hands.

hhh · 2026-08-31 20:16:58

Yes, it's your opaque sausage hands that prevent you from doing any basic research on the "problem". You're not resting your palms near the touchpad.

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