[18:20] <xu-irc0w> hello, i recently bought a rii bluetooth keyboard to use with my linux desktop but it has a very poorly placed power button that instantly shuts down the computer.  is there a solution for disabling this on the operating system's end?  there is no way to disable this button without removing the thing.
[18:26] <diogenes_Vx15> xu-irc0w, one easy fix would be to go to system settings > settings editor > xfce4-power-manager > power-button-action and just disable it or set it to ask what to do or blank.
[18:37] <xu-irc0w> ok i'll take a look
[18:38] <xu-irc0w> that setting is an integer
[18:38] <xu-irc0w> it's currently set to 3
[18:39] <xu-irc0w> based on what i've found that means it should ask me what i want when the power button is pressed
[18:39] <xu-irc0w> this is not what happened
[18:40] <diogenes_Vx15> try 0 to disable it and see if it makes any difference.
[18:44] <xu-irc0w> ok will do
[18:45] <xu-irc0w> the button on the tower is disabled
[18:45] <xu-irc0w> now i'm trying the keyboard
[18:45] <xu-irc0w> high chance i'll get disconnected, lol
[18:45] <xu-irc0w> holy crap it worked
[18:46] <xu-irc0w> thank you!
[18:46] <diogenes_Vx15> hehe glad it worked.
[18:46] <xu-irc0w> i'm so glad i don't have to return this thing
[18:47] <diogenes_Vx15> on Linux you can tweak everything down to modying the source code to suit your needs.
[18:47] <diogenes_Vx15> try that on windows...
[18:47] <xu-irc0w> yeah i've noticed that it's very tweakable
[18:47] <xu-irc0w> i even have custom scripts that can randomly copy memes from my archive into an output folder
[18:48] <diogenes_Vx15> cool cool
[18:48] <xu-irc0w> i'm slowly customizing more
[18:48] <xu-irc0w> but the way it handles printers and bluetooth dongles is so much better as well
[18:48] <xu-irc0w> windows is crap now
[18:49] <diogenes_Vx15> yeah pretty much.
[18:49] <xu-irc0w> you guys have helped me a lot over the last year
[18:49] <diogenes_Vx15> even in some cases native windows games run better on Linux.
[18:49] <xu-irc0w> thank you again
[18:49] <xu-irc0w> i can't get bethesda games to run sadly
[18:49] <diogenes_Vx15> you are welcome good luck!
[19:09] <xangua> Those rii keyboard look nice
[19:09] <xangua> I was thinking of buying the small one for TV