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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de
Subject: Re: locking up
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>> scgetc() also seems to return early in all cases when XSERVER != 0.

>Actually not.  It returns earlier than usual in case XSERVER != 0 and
>pcvt_kbd_raw == TRUE, meaning that the Xserver is currently active and
>wants to see the unprocessed scan codes.  However, it doesn't return

I knew that there must be a raw flag somewhere, but couldn't see
it among the ifdefs :-).

>> I think there is a problem iff PCVT_KBD_FIFO != 0.

>Unlikely, since this is the most common and thus most tested case
>(along with XSERVER != 0).

Yes, I should have written PCVT_KBD_FIFO == 0.  It's the least tested
case that is probably broken.  The fifo shouldn't be optional.

Bruce.