Bug#505588: Fixed in unstable
fixed 505588 1:2.0.8-1
thanks
Must have been
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| commit 36d9b9f166a700d47322961d1768a6b8d6d5545c
| Author: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>
| Date: Thu Oct 2 10:56:04 2008 +0930
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| Close fd on DEVICE_OFF. (LP #276887)
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| Leaving the fd open means we still get keyboard events after VT switching
| away. Coming back, some of these events are replayed on the application that
| has the current focus.
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| Reproduceable:
| 1. open terminal, focus.
| 2. VT switch away
| 3. type something, preferably a password
| 4. VT switch back, trigger a mouse event
| 5. Observe the X server guessing your password.
|
| Closing the fd on DEVICE_OFF fixes this. Reopen is handled by the reopen
| code introduced with
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| commit 9930477cbeb4acfd070ae70894d13ffabfc347b8
| Author: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>
| Date: Tue Aug 26 14:33:40 2008 +0930
|
| Attempt to re-open devices on read errors.
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I don't use evdev for the keyboard. I guess that is why it only happened
in conjunction with gpm paste events.
Robert Grimm
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