Disable the Built-in Laptop Keyboard in Linux.

Ever experienced keyboard errors like typing on its own or accidental key presses? Or maybe you just want to disable the built-in laptop keyboard. There's an easy way to do this with a script written by anitaggu on GitHub called ikbdop. Here's how to use the script:

Download/Copy ikbdop.sh

Download ikbdop.sh from https://github.com/anitaggu/ikbdop. Alternatively, create a new file named ikbdop.sh and copy the code from GitHub into the new file. Save the file to a folder, for example, the Downloads folder. Make the file executable by typing:

sudo chmod +x /home/Downloads/ikbdop.sh

Run the Script:

Disable the Keyboard

To manually disable the keyboard, type:

sudo /home/Downloads/ikbdop.sh detach

Enable the Keyboard

To re-enable the built-in keyboard, type:

sudo /home/Downloads/ikbdop.sh attach

Auto Start

To always disable the keyboard upon reboot/start, use startup applications.

In this example, using Startup Applications in GNOME, enter the following command in the command section. Refer to the example image above:

/bin/bash -c "sleep 20 && /home/Downloads/ikbdop.sh detach"

And you're done.