#7442 HIGH -: seriously weird interactions between X and virtual terminals

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#7442: seriously weird interactions between X and virtual terminals
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   Reporter:  dsd        |       Owner:  jg                                                 
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                                                
   Priority:  high       |   Milestone:                                                     
  Component:  distro     |     Version:  Development build as of this date                  
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:  joyride-2123:- 8.2.0:? joyride-2207:- blocks-:8.2.0
Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0                                                  
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Comment(by dsd):

 Replying to [comment:16 gregorio]:
 > who needs to use the virtual terminal?

 Primarily developers. We probably also have some documentation that tells
 users to use them (and run certain commands) for e.g. when the terminal
 activity is not installed.

 > What do you mean they are alwasy 2 of them "open".

 You get the first one when you press ctrl+alt+mesh and you get the 2nd one
 when you press ctrl+alt+friends. As a user you don't get a say in this,
 they are always there.

 > How does this affect the end user?

 Probably not much

 > I don't know any kids or teachers who use the virtual terminal so unless
 this is major deal breaker for developers I'm not inclined to hold the
 release for it. If its important we can still fix it but we're almost out
 of time.

 My concern would largely be that we don't have an understanding of the
 issue, and there may be related security issues. Why is X allowed to
 listen for keypresses when X is not active?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7442#comment:17>
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