Re: keyboard raw mode?
Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 04:59:57 -0400
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 04:24:53AM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
Hi,
> [snip]
> When any of this software dies, it leaves the console a mess.
> The shell is unable to understand keystrokes. Not even console
> switching works.
> Such abnormal keyboard behavior should be associated with the file
> descriptor, not the device. Then we wouldn't need the huge collection
> of ugly hacks that knowledgeable users use to restore the console.
> [snip]
Why go through all that sort of complicated stuff when a simple alt-sysrq-r
will do the trick?
-Myrdraal
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