Hi, I've been using DirectFB with a Unichrome board for a while (vdr + softdevice). If I run this from a shell on the console, I can kill it with CTRL-C, switch virtual terminal, etc.: the keyboard responds.
Now I'm setting up a system with a Matrox G450 card in it. Using the same home-built package of DirectFB 0.9.23 on the Matrox system, I lose control of the keyboard when I run a DirectFB app! If I run df_xine it will play back a file but then never return back to the shell. I have to kill the process over ssh. The same thing happens with vdr + softdevice: if I run it from a shell, I cannot kill it or switch vt, and need to kill it over ssh. If I start the same things over ssh, I can kill them with CTRL-C. df_xine has a whole load of key commands whilst it is running but they are ignored on the Matrox system. Come to think of it, I was never really convinced that pressing keys did anything on the Unichrome system but at least I could exit! Is this a common problem? I have definitely built the keyboard input module (should this be enabled or disabled in /etc/directfbrc? I've tried both and got the same effect). dfbinfo does tell me that it is loading the keyboard module. I'm using no-vt on both systems so that I can run the apps as non-root. Any thoughts on what to check for? It was getting annoying having to walk to another room every time I tested something and needed to kill it! I've now acquired an additional switch so I can do it from a few feet away! Cheers, Laz _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
