Re: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Michal Suchanek
Hello, why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. Thanks Michal ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org

Re: Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Michal Suchanek hramr...@gmail.com (31/12/2012): why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. The commit message probably {c,sh}ould include some

Re: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Michal Suchanek, le Mon 31 Dec 2012 19:22:13 +0100, a écrit : why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. The console *is* needed for keyboard

Re: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/31/12 05:36 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: Michal Suchanek, le Mon 31 Dec 2012 19:22:13 +0100, a écrit : why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for