Change/Disable F4 hotkey for terminal access

[mitu]

@de_jean125 Wouldn't it be easier to just edit the autostart.sh file that starts Emulationstation and just add a shutdown command after that ? If ES exits, then the next command will be the shutdown.

[de_jean125]

@dudleydes

Wow, thank you !!!

I adjusted to autostart.sh with the following:

echo " ...some warnings..."
sync
sleep 10
emulationstation

echo "...some warnings..."
sleep 10
sync && sudo reboot

The first time someone tries, he'll get a warning and emulationstation starts again after 10 sec.
Second time it will reboot.

Removed the F4 trigger, but left all the other ones.
So if you press a key, it will still reboot.

[Clyde]

@de_jean125 said in Change/Disable F4 hotkey for terminal access:

The first time someone tries, he'll get a warning and emulationstation starts again after 10 sec.
Second time it will reboot.

Nice idea. :)

A pimped version would be to display a appropriately explicit picture instead of text. 😈 Alas, I don't know a command that would do that.

[mitu]

@de_jean125 Why do you need this ?

[cyperghost]

@de_jean125 Do you want to sell something?

[de_jean125]

@mitu
@cyperghost

No, i'm building one for my dad, but he thinks he's an expert.
Don't want to troubleshoot it every week xD

[mitu]

@de_jean125 said in Change/Disable F4 hotkey for terminal access:

No, i'm building one for my dad, but he thinks he's an expert.

Oh, come on, you're not letting him tinker with the Raspberry Pi. Better get a 2nd sdcard with a backup system, so he can experiment.

[cyperghost]

@de_jean125 @mitu If my dad once would tell me about ...

"Son, there is a hidden terminal in ES if you press F4."
Then I would answer: "Dad... you are a nerd"

[de_jean125]

@mitu

you don't know my dad :p

[mitu]

Or just press Alt+2, Alt+3, etc.

[de_jean125]

@mitu

That's why i also use the triggers.
Made config files for all the letters in the alphabet, when he wants to start typing a command, the pi performs a shutdown.

Pi is only accessible with one ip, using host.allow config and ssh.
Gave it also a static ip in the 10.x.x.x range.

[de_jean125]

@Clyde

Something like this?

Did it with alot of echo's :p

[Clyde]

@de_jean125 Something like that, yes. :)

My first guess was that it was for your kid(s), by the way.

You could even let it get nastier … "Stop or I'll hack into your bank account and send all of your money to homes for retired game programmers!"