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temporarily disable touchpad and keyboad, i.e. babyproofing my linux laptop

temporarily disable touchpad and keyboad, i.e. babyproofing my linux laptop

Following up with this other question, how can I temporarily disable the touchpad (both movements and buttons) as well as the keyboard in Linux Ubuntu Hardy? I mean, there is a menu for disabling the mouse (and there might be one for the keyboard), but I don't want to lock myself out. The best would be an option to decide which keys on the keyboard I want to be working (e.g. arrows to scroll the page I'm reading) and with a fast keys combination to lock/unlock (e.g. one not easily pushed by my toddler little hands: left-shift + ESC + right-shift + backspace + space)

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Guest [Entry]

I found this for the keyboard, but cannot find anything for mouse :( - I will keep looking.
Guest [Entry]

"xtrlock is worth considering. It does not have the requested capability of selecting which keys on the keyboard you want to be working, but it does allow locking the keyboard in addition to the mouse.
ostechnix.com/lock-keyboard-mouse-not-screen-linux/
$> sudo apt install xtrlock
$> xtrlock"