Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Michal Suchanek
Hello, why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Michal Suchanek hramr...@gmail.com (31/12/2012): why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. The commit message probably {c,sh}ould include some

Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Michal Suchanek, le Mon 31 Dec 2012 19:22:13 +0100, a écrit : why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for anything. The console *is* needed for keyboard

Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-31 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/31/12 05:36 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: Michal Suchanek, le Mon 31 Dec 2012 19:22:13 +0100, a écrit : why is that patch needed? It is quite non-obvious why would dummy driver require a console under any circumstances. It does not render anything anywhere so does not use console for

Bug#696965: [PATCH] support for HW_SKIP_CONSOLE breaks use by blind people

2012-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Control: tags 696965 + patch Hello, Samuel Thibault, le Sun 30 Dec 2012 01:07:47 +0100, a écrit : I would have rather made it an option, and have made it not enabled by default, because the blind people who need the dummy driver do not necessarily have much technical knowledge beyond use the