How to disable laptop internal keyboard

Question

I am using external usb keyboard. I want to disable laptop's internal keyboard using software.

I know that i can just remove the internal keyboards wire and disconnect it physically, but i wanted to disable it using software so that later I can enable it by just executing a command in terminal easily. I am talking about disabling the keyboard and NOT the keyboard layout.

I am having Hp-Compaq Presario A965 TU Laptop Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo(Freq. 2 GHz). I am using 64 bit Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 07 '13 at 09:17

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You can disable the keyboard via boot options:

Open /boot/grub/grub.cfg as sudo with your favourite text editor.
Add i8042.nokbd, preferably to the end of the file, and save.

Source: Ubuntu Forums Thread

edited Apr 07 '13 at 09:17

Aditya

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answered Jan 09 '11 at 18:11

Maxime R.

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Is this just for this computer model or any model? And does this allow for USB keyboard to still work? I need something. – Bhikkhu Subhuti Jan 22 '20 at 14:07
See https://askubuntu.com/a/681260/446253 for a more elaborate answer – XavierStuvw Mar 13 '20 at 16:27

How to disable laptop internal keyboard

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