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I use my USB keyboard in home and now I want disable the laptop keyboard on plug of this keyboard.

How could I achieve this?

I use ArchLinux and DWM.

ps: i found my device and in udev disable it 

xinput disable 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
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May I ask why you want to accomplish this? – jippie May 30 '12 at 20:51
@jippie some times, some people work with my laptop keyboard and its bad :D i use my keyboard and monitor – Efazati Jun 4 '12 at 2:25

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Write a udev script that floats the built-in keyboard using xinput.

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