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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/2] tty: Allow TIOCSTI to be disabled
David Laight, le jeu. 29 juin 2023 13:23:54 +0000, a ecrit:
> From: Samuel Thibault
> > Sent: 28 June 2023 07:07
> ...
> > > So is there really no solution for brltty and TIOCSTI being disabled?
> >
> > No, there is no way to simulate characters on the Linux console. The
> > alternative would be to use uinput, but that simulates keycodes, not
> > characters, thus requiring backtranslating first, which is very fragile.
>
> It could probably be rewritten to use a pseudo-tty pair.

That's what yasr does for instance, but that does not make the login
prompt accessible, which is a must (just like sighted users don't log in
blindly...)

Samuel

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