Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note about

2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>

	* docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
	Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
	about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-0 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index d729ce1978e7f51857c800a754af27c77f944922..ce78b35cb445744685a00bc8480b4230394f6d81 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-11  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+       * docs/README.linux-fb (GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE):
+       Clearified the difference between the keyboard types. Wrote a note
+       about the magic sysrq key to get out of raw mode.
+
 2000-12-09  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
        * gdk/linux-fb/gdkmouse-fb.c (GdkFBMouseDevice): add prot struct

diff --git a/docs/README.linux-fb b/docs/README.linux-fb
index 68ad61f239780538476c4816e4c401ab691b1ce1..6203e324096347843e9cb67f491b3ac8e7b378ed 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/README.linux-fb
+++ b/docs/README.linux-fb
@@ -109,11 +109,17 @@ GDK_MOUSE_TYPE:
 
 GDK_KEYBOARD_TYPE:
  Specify keyboard type. Currently suppored is
-  xlate - normal tty mode keyboard. Somewhat limited.
+  xlate - normal tty mode keyboard.
+    Quite limited, cannot detect key up/key down events. Doesn't
+    handle ctrl/alt/shift for all keys. This is the default driver,
+    but should not be used in "production" use.
   raw - read from the tty in RAW mode.
-      Warning, can cause problems if the GtkFB program crashes
-      and the mode is not restored. You must run as root to use
-      this.
+    Sets the keyboard in RAW mode and handles all the keycodes. This
+    gives correct handling of modifiers and key up/down events. You
+    must be root to use this. If you use this for development or
+    debugging it is recommended to enable magic sysrq handling in the
+    kernel. Then you can use ALT-SysRQ-r to turn the keyboard back to
+    normal mode.
  Default is xlate.
 
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