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.

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