[systemd-commits] src/vconsole

[Lennart Poettering]

 src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c |   19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit a25d4d0e3ccf0e9bf0b37e5791275fd6ca5eb4ae
Author: Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>
Date:   Sat Feb 9 02:40:57 2013 +0100

    vconsole-setup: don't set the kbd mode to unicode if is is currently in raw/off mode
    
    Let's not confuse X11

diff --git a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
index 6501705..1208aeb 100644
--- a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
+++ b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
@@ -68,9 +68,22 @@ static int disable_utf8(int fd) {
 
 static int enable_utf8(int fd) {
         int r = 0, k;
-
-        if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) < 0)
-                r = -errno;
+        long current = 0;
+
+        if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &current) < 0 || current == K_XLATE) {
+                /*
+                 * Change the current keyboard to unicode, unless it
+                 * is currently in raw or off mode anyway. We
+                 * shouldn't interfere with X11's processing of the
+                 * key events.
+                 *
+                 * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-February/008573.html
+                 *
+                 */
+
+                if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) < 0)
+                        r = -errno;
+        }
 
         if (loop_write(fd, "\033%G", 3, false) < 0)
                 r = -errno;