Re: [Mlterm-dev-en] Input buffered in mlterm-fb?

[Araki K. <ara...@us...>]

 Hi,

From: Didier Spaier <di...@sl...>
Subject: [Mlterm-dev-en] Input buffered in mlterm-fb?
Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 10:47:09 +0200
Message-ID: <65a...@sl...>

> Here is my context:
> System:
>   Slint64-14.2 (Slackware Linux derivative), cf. http://slint.fr
> mlterm-fb reports:
>   mlterm-fb version 3.8.1 
>   Features: otl ssh freetype fontconfig implugin utmp
> Shell:
>   bash.
> tty says:
>   /dev/tty3
> cat /proc/fb says:
>   0 inteldrmfb
> echo $LANG says:
>   fr_FR.utf8
> kernel keymap:
>   fr
> 
> If I type "mlterm-fb" I see the greeting message and the cursor but
> typing triggers no output on the screen.
> 
> It seems that the input be buffered until I kill mlterm. For instance if
> I type:
>   echo "message" > MSG
> the file MSG is not created.
> But it is created after having typed "killall mlterm-fb" from another
> tty or an xterm. Also, error messages only appear after having killed it.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? What should I look at? What other information
> should I provide?

 I suspect that mlterm-fb can't find a keyboard device.

 Please search /sys/class/input/input<num>/name files for a keyboard device
manually and try to set KBD_INPUT_NUM=<num> as an environmental variable
before starting mlterm-fb.

 Regards,
---
Araki Ken
ara...@us...