Groups > comp.os.linux.development.apps > #429

Keyboard lock applet?

Path	csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!tr22g12.aset.psu.edu!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!utnut!rumours.uwaterloo.ca!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From	Carlos Moreno <moreno_news@mailinator.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject	Keyboard lock applet?
Date	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:15:39 -0500
Organization	University of Waterloo
Lines	24
Message-ID	<jhlufe$716$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca> (permalink)
NNTP-Posting-Host	cm-16c.uwaterloo.ca
Mime-Version	1.0
Content-Type	text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding	7bit
X-Trace	rumours.uwaterloo.ca 1329495342 7206 129.97.10.215 (17 Feb 2012 16:15:42 GMT)
X-Complaints-To	abuse@uwaterloo.ca
NNTP-Posting-Date	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:15:42 +0000 (UTC)
User-Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.26) Gecko/20120131 Thunderbird/3.1.18
Xref	x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.development.apps:429

Show key headers only | View raw

Hi,

I wonder if something like this exists?   Like a lockscreen,
except that it doesn't completely lock the system --- I want
the screen to be visible and the mouse active, just with the
keyboard disabled.

If not available, would this be something easy to develop?
What sort of information / documentation would I need to look
up?  (is it desktop environment specific?  I mean, is it
something that one would have to do specifically for, say,
GNOME, and specifically for GNOME2 and separately for GNOME3?)

BTW, in case you're wondering, there's a 1.5-year old wandering
around the computers around here --- when I'm away, I lock screen;
but when the little one is around and I'm, say, watching something,
or using some application that can be used exclusively with mouse,
I'd like a solution more practical than a hardware solution such
as having to unplug the keyboard!

Thanks for any tips,

Carlos
--

Back to comp.os.linux.development.apps | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Keyboard lock applet? Carlos Moreno <moreno_news@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-17 11:15 -0500
  Re: Keyboard lock applet? Patrick <patrick2000@a2s46.webhop.net> - 2012-02-17 22:42 +0100
  Re: Keyboard lock applet? Patrick <patrick2000@a2s46.webhop.net> - 2012-02-19 00:00 +0100
    Re: Keyboard lock applet? Carlos Moreno <moreno_news@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-19 18:56 -0500

csiph-web