[Debian-eeepc-devel] [Acpi4asus-user] Hotkeys generating input as well as ACPI events

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:11:24AM +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Trent W. Buck <twb at cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> > Corentin Chary <corentin.chary at gmail.com>
> > writes:
> >
> >> All seems ok and I was able to reproduce the issue (only in screen),
> >
> > Hmm; I can also reproduce this as root on vt2, without screen.  It's
> > more obvious if I run "cat -A" before typing; otherwise I only see a ~
> > and hear a beep.
> >
> >> but I don't really know what's the best way to fix it.
> >> Isn't there any way to "ignore" an input device in screen/fbcon ?
> >
> > I don't know.  I guess that would be disconnecting
> >
> >    /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/input/input8
> >    i.e. SUBSYSTEM=="input", NAME=="Asus EeePC extra buttons"
> >
> > ...from fbcon.  Obviously I don't want to disable the ACPI events, nor
> > the normal keyboard input.  I'll try to find an fbcon guru.
> >
> > I might be able to patch terminfo/termcap entries to discard those
> > escape sequences, but it feels like a bodge.
> >
> 
> If there is no way to ignore an input device in userspace, maybe the
> right way to do it is to add a way to disable an input device using
> some /sys/ file.
> 
> CC-ing linux-input, they probably have something to tell about that.
> 

I'd say kernel should settle on the delivery transport and simply not
use both.

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Dmitry