From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: Support for a less exclusive grab. Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:20:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20070702152044.GA24665@suse.cz> References: <20070609084800.GR6362@aehallh.com> <200706120120.00494.dtor@insightbb.com> <20070612052316.GX6362@aehallh.com> <200706120135.06428.dtor@insightbb.com> <20070612054031.GY6362@aehallh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070612054031.GY6362@aehallh.com> Sender: owner-linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: To: "Zephaniah E. Hull" Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 01:40:31AM -0400, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 01:35:05AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 June 2007 01:23, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 01:19:59AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > > > > > Like I said I would love if xf86-input-evdev did not grab the > > > > device at all. > > > > > > We have to disable the legacy input handlers somehow, not doing so > > > simply isn't an option. > > > > I do not follow. If user's xorg.conf does not use /dev/input/mice and > > does not use "kbd" driver then grabbing is not required, is it? Now, > > as far as I understand, lack of hotplug support in X is the main > > obstacle for removing "mouse" and "kbd" drivers, correct? > > Sadly, not quite. > > The problem is that if the user is not using the mouse and kbd drivers > at all, but is instead using xf86-input-evdev, and no grabbing is done, > then all key presses end up going to the console. X still switches to its own VT, so those keys go to the X server via the console, and GPM also knows about console switching ... That is a sane way how to prevent the regular console from getting keypresses/mouse movements. -- Vojtech Pavlik Director SuSE Labs