On Jan 23, 09 10:27:12 +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 05:36:52PM +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote: > > On Jan 22, 09 16:55:08 +0100, Helge Bahmann wrote: > > > Things get even more unfriendly if console switching is initiated by chvt > > > from > > > a background service (don't ask). I propose to change the current logic > > > for > > > releasing keys on VT switch -- release them before switching away from > > > the > > > server, instead of after switching back. Would a patch like the attached > > > one > > > be acceptable? > > > > We have several bugs open for openSUSE because of this behavior - so I'm > > all for a change. I don't know the inner workings of this area in X, so > > I can't claim to understand the patch completely, but I will give it a > > try. So if it works, I really suggest taking it. > > It should already work: please file a bug and assign it to me, and I'll > take care of it ASAP.
The issue is that we were never able to reproduce these bugs here at SuSE - but for some people they find the same behavior for a long time already. It's also possible that this only surfaces with the openSUSE X.org server - you never know... I'll verify and get back to you. Thanks Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[email protected]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [email protected] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ R & D www.mshopf.de _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
