Keyboard events and console switching

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Thu Jan 22 15:27:12 PST 2009


On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 05:36:52PM +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Jan 22, 09 16:55:08 +0100, Helge Bahmann wrote:
> > Things get even more unfriendly if console switching is initiated by chvt from 
> > a background service (don't ask). I propose to change the current logic for 
> > releasing keys on VT switch -- release them before switching away from the 
> > server, instead of after switching back. Would a patch like the attached one 
> > be acceptable?
> 
> We have several bugs open for openSUSE because of this behavior - so I'm
> all for a change. I don't know the inner workings of this area in X, so
> I can't claim to understand the patch completely, but I will give it a
> try. So if it works, I really suggest taking it.

It should already work: please file a bug and assign it to me, and I'll
take care of it ASAP.

Cheers,
Daniel
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