on 05/12/2009 13:27 Peter Hutterer said the following: > On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 12:40:12PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> So indeed, I used a small program xinput and here is its output around VT >> switch: >> $ xinput watch-props "Logitech Deluxe 104" >> Device 'Logitech Deluxe 104': >> Device Enabled (93): 1 >> ===> the above printed right after start >> Property 'Device Enabled' changed. >> Device Enabled (93): 0 >> Property 'Device Enabled' changed. >> Device Enabled (93): 1 >> ===> this got printed after switching there and back >> >> I wonder why if this behavior is controllable by X configuration. > > no, that's a fixed behaviour. all input devices are disabled on VT switch > and re-enabled when you switch back. > amongst other things this causes some drivers to release the device so it is > usable from the tty.
I realized that driver are called for VT switch-out and -in, but I didn't realize that X client apps also get notified. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
