Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:58:55 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #1389 |
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Hi!
> > Recently I started looking throught the kernel code in hopes of > > changing the alt+f* key sets to win95key+f*. > > Actually, you shoudl start by looking through your Xfree86 source > code; X puts your keyboard in raw mode, so it can catch all your key > combinations. When it notices Ctrl-Alt-F*, then (if it's in the mood) > X puts the keyboard back in "cooked" mode and tells the kernel to > change VT's.
Which is BTW bug. Xfree could simply leave keyboard in raw mode, and switch consoles anyway. Raw mode is per-vt thing.
Are you able to orientate a bit in Xfree sources? (If so, please email me).
Pavel
-- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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