@frostschultz:
Indeed, thanks for the pointer

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Code:
┌─(ROOT@(none):pts/0)──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────(/mnt/onboard/.adds)─┐
└─(0.00:54%:16:46:100%:#)── strings /usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0 | ag /dev/input ──(Fri, May 20)─┘
/dev/input/event1
/dev/input/event2
/dev/input/event0:keymap=keys/device.qmap:grab=1:repeat-rate=0:repeat-delay=0
The touch input is left alone, it only grabs the power button over here.
As for sickel, I just SIGSTOP'ed the lot of 'em ;D. That might in turn mess wifi up, either for KOReader or Nickel, but, meh, good enough for quickly testing stuff.