Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Mikael
VNC KVM install means some keypresses will be interpreted as seconds-long, ordinarily leading to multiple unintended "enter" or character key presses which easily seriously breaks things, when the connection is not perfect, which it many times is not. I believe there is no way to disable keyboard

Re: Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Ted Unangst
Mikael wrote: > VNC KVM install means some keypresses will be interpreted as seconds-long, > ordinarily leading to multiple unintended "enter" or character key presses > which easily seriously breaks things, when the connection is not perfect, > which it many times is not. > > I believe there is

Re: Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Mikael
Neat, yes !! (Getting all kinds of unintended behavior just because a network lag happens to incur an extra couple of \n:s or other chars of keyboard console input for you is such a PITA.) (As it is right now, it cannot be disabled in the installer right?) 2015-10-05 18:28 GMT+08:00 Ted

Re: Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Miod Vallat
> do people need autorepeat in the installer? (for what?) i think it'd be > simpler to just disable it in all ramdisks. Not all keyboards support disabling autorepeat, and for those which can, this would add more badly tested code path to their drivers.

Re: Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Miod Vallat
> VNC KVM install means some keypresses will be interpreted as seconds-long, > ordinarily leading to multiple unintended "enter" or character key presses > which easily seriously breaks things, when the connection is not perfect, > which it many times is not. > > I believe there is no way to

Re: Include "wsconsctl" on installer CD so keyboard repeat can be disabled = make VNC KVM install smooth on laggy connection?

2015-10-05 Thread Theo de Raadt
> > VNC KVM install means some keypresses will be interpreted as seconds-long, > > ordinarily leading to multiple unintended "enter" or character key presses > > which easily seriously breaks things, when the connection is not perfect, > > which it many times is not. > > > > I believe there is no