From a8c14387285310407796fbf45dc490bf7534d173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kj Tsanaktsidis <kjtsanaktsidis@groq.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:40:51 +1000
Subject: disable vt switching

---
 kj-laptop01/configuration.nix | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix b/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
index ce0891b..3ea33f9 100644
--- a/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
+++ b/kj-laptop01/configuration.nix
@@ -108,4 +108,29 @@
 
   # Enable zsh system-wide
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
+
+  # Disable Alt+Left/Right virtual terminal switching
+  console.keyMap = "us";
+  environment.etc."vconsole.conf".text = ''
+    KEYMAP=us
+  '';
+
+  # Create custom keymap that disables Alt+Arrow VT switching
+  environment.etc."kbd/keymaps/disable-vt-switch.map".text = ''
+    alt keycode 105 = noop
+    alt keycode 106 = noop
+  '';
+
+  systemd.services.disable-vt-switching = {
+    description = "Disable VT switching on Alt+Arrow keys";
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    after = [ "systemd-vconsole-setup.service" ];
+    script = ''
+      ${pkgs.kbd}/bin/loadkeys /etc/kbd/keymaps/disable-vt-switch.map
+    '';
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      RemainAfterExit = true;
+    };
+  };
 }
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