On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 20:34 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 11:43 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > As the title suggests, I want to disable the ACPI buttons. > > Googling seems to suggest that I should modify the /etc/acpi/events, but > > I see no such file. > > I know that I can disable ACPI all-together, but it seems like a major > > over-kill to me. > > > > ... I just want to kill the stupid POWEROFF key. > > See if this helps: Run gconf-editor (the gnome configuration editor), > navigate your way into /apps/gnome-power-manager/ and look at > action_power_button. The configuration editor lists various options, > try giving it a value of nothing. > > It's a per-user setting. > Thanks. I forgot to add that I'm looking for a system-wide solution. (I worked in KDE and but I also want to disable it on console-only servers) - Gilboa