Re: Disabling Print Screen key

On 07/31/2007 10:09 AM, Luis Finotti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My Print Screen key is too close to BackSpace, so I keep pressing it
> by accident. I use KDE, and this makes "KSnapshoyt" pop up. (In
> fluxbox, it sends the content of the terminal to the printer.)
>
> I checked the key assignments of KDE, and I found no shortcut for the
> PrtSc key, and even defining a different application for that key
> would still make (only) KSnapshot pop up. (KSnapshot was assigned to
> Crtl+PrtSc, and I disabled it too, just in case.)
>
> My Google searchs did not help (even on this list).
>
> So, I decided to disable the key.
>
> Using "xev", I saw that the keycode was 111:
>
> ....
> KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
> root 0x91, subw 0x0, time 482199882, (485,527), root:(489,552),
> state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
> ....
>
> Indeed, "xmodmap -pk" gave:
>
> ...
> 111 0xff61 (Print) 0xff15 (Sys_Req)
> ...
>
> So, I did "xmodmap -e "keysym Print = BackSpace"". Now, "xev" gives:
>
> ....
> KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
> root 0x91, subw 0x0, time 482660638, (-260,401), root:(838,426),
> state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff08, BackSpace), same_screen YES,
> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 22
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (08) "
> ....
>
> and "xmodmap -pk" gives:
>
> ...
> 111 0xff08 (BackSpace)
> ...
>
> But still, KSnapshot pops up, and the backspace has no effect.
>
> Any suggestions or ideas (other than remove the key physically)??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luis
>
>

My system (Debian 3.1, KDE 3.3.2) does not exhibit this behavior by default. I can enable (and disable) it by going into the KDE Control Center: K-> Control Center-> Regional & Accessibility-> Keyboard Shortcuts-> Command Shortcuts-> Graphics-> More Applications-> KSnapshot.

Perhaps you inadvertently made Print a shortcut for ksnapshot. If so, you should be able to disable it by going through the above sequence.

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