Currently the linux-next branch of the linux kernel contains a patch to add a new vt keyboard mode "off." In this new mode all special kernel keys are ignored, like how they are ignored in raw mode, but no key events are buffered to the vt input buffer.
The patch adding the new mode has been included because it has the potential to clean up and fix a corner case of the xserver vt input handling in hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c. In the interest of full disclosure, I authored the patch. A complete saga is at http://art.ified.ca/?p=278 This also fixes the corner case of if AllowEmptyInput is false but input-kbd isn't loaded the VT input buffer can overflow. Also, calling flush per-keystroke seems to be more of a band-aid than a real fix. Expect a sample patch using the new mode soon. Cheers -Art -- Arthur Taylor [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
