> Forgive me if I am asking a stupid question, but is
> the idea of the keyboard input driver not that it is
> necessary because not all DirectFB applications
> actually run within a terminal?
Indeed, however I am running it from a tty.
> Also, having to SSH into a box to kill a process can
> just as easily happen if you are using stdin -> it
> is quite possible for your X-Windows, Text Terminal,
> your shell, or even the Keyboard driver to crash in
> some way, meaning you need another channel in if you
> want to interact with the still-working parts of the
> system.
My kernel could panic. Lassie could urinate into my
CPU. I could be kidnapped by the bush administration
and be forced to publicly express that bush is not
actually a f*cking idiot. *At present*, these things
arent happening and so are irrelevant to me.
> Finally I don't think the security argument holds
> either -> a text terminal is switchable into 'raw'
> mode, meaning most keyboard input will get through.
I am aware of this, however a text terminal cannot
emulate just about every interface in use at present.
> As for your question of how to implement a stdin
> driver, I'm afraid someone more knowledgeable will
> have to answer that one.
I'm all ears.
> One suggestion I do have is to use 2 Screens/GFX
> Cards for DirectFB development. Run X-Windows, your
> favourite development environment, emacs and
> whatever else you need on the main screen. Run your
> framebuffer driver and the DirectFB apps on the
> secondary GFX card and screen. That way you should
> never need to SSH again, AND can keep all your
> Xwindows open while testing!
There are so many reasons why that isnt an option for
me. I wont go into all of them but to name a few:
* My reason for using DirectFB is so to not have to
use the bloatedest, hairest, ugliest piece of software
nix is ever to have the misfortune of having in its
userland - X windows, in all of its de(a)mon forms.
* My motherboard doesnt support it.
* I have no money.
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