Re^6: ioctl - does it actually work? replaced or preferred by something else?

I don't have to reboot my system to get the CAPS-LOCK LED back to normal. I'm using latest stable kernel. And yes, ioctl works but there's still some privilege issues I need to understand.
I am well aware that the test code toggles the LED and not the CAPS-LOCK, there's a separate ioctl for that.

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Re^7: ioctl - does it actually work? replaced or preferred by something else? by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 20, 2007 at 12:44 UTC
Well just to clarify the issue with the patched security kernel, I test booted a vanilla kernel (2.6.20-mm3 with mm3 patches ) and the results were the same. Once I ran the script, the keyboard CapsLock LED would no longer toggle when I hit the CapsLock key. I'm not sure at all where the problem lies, there are kernel, and motherboard-bios differences, etc. I guess my point is, don't count on that ioctl script to work right for everyone. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]

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Re^7: ioctl - does it actually work? replaced or preferred by something else?
by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 20, 2007 at 12:44 UTC

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum

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