Paul Dwerryhouse writes:
On 16/09/14 18:54, Erik Christiansen wrote:
ISTM that killing the getty on /dev/tty1 ought to do that. Looking here:
Thanks, but that's not quite what I'm after. That will prevent logging in from the console at all (with a real keyboard), which I might want, one day.
You can just do Alt+F2 or Alt+Right to switch to a VT that is still running getty & login.
"This remote here is just a remote. It's not a keyboard. Tell me what buttons are being pressed (through /dev/input/*), but don't treat them as input to any console"
We use lirc here, and AFAIK no keyboard input is sent. We use MCEUSB remotes (like you), but OTHER kinds of remotes (especially the ones with a USB receiver dongle) DO appear as keyboards to the OS, such that pressing e.g. Volume Up appears equivalent to pressing the same XF86VolumeUp key on a USB keyboard with media keys. My best guesses are 1. your remote is weird and doing both kinds; or 2. lircd acquires an exclusive lock on that input device. I can't be bothered digging into that for you; sorry.