support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

Samuel Thibault sthibault at debian.org
Sat Jan 5 14:55:35 PST 2013


Samuel Thibault, le Sat 05 Jan 2013 23:52:53 +0100, a écrit :
> Michal Suchanek, le Sat 05 Jan 2013 23:44:39 +0100, a écrit :
> > On 5 January 2013 23:04, Samuel Thibault <sthibault at debian.org> wrote:
> > > Michal Suchanek, le Sat 05 Jan 2013 22:47:20 +0100, a écrit :
> > >> > there is no VT switch, and pressing ^C 5s later kills the server (while
> > >> > we'd want ^C to just go to the server). The resulting Xorg.1.log is
> > >> > attached.
> > >>
> > >> I don't think that an actual VT switch is required
> > >
> > > From the point of the user, it is. There is no reason why it should not
> > > happen just like with other video drivers in the use case at stake.
> > 
> > Those video drivers render graphics. The dummy driver does not.
> 
> But input drivers are still the same.
> 
> > It's not the same case.
> 
> From the user point of view it is: the user simply does not have a
> screen to plug to his computer, and does not need any, anway, but the
> use case is *exactly* the same: a user sitting in front of his computer,
> wants to start an X session.

(and just work with it immediately. Having an actual output or not does
not change the matter).

Samuel


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