Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030296AbWEDTOR (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 15:14:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030297AbWEDTOR (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 15:14:17 -0400 Received: from silver.veritas.com ([143.127.12.111]:33303 "EHLO silver.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030296AbWEDTOR (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2006 15:14:17 -0400 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,89,1146466800"; d="scan'208"; a="37878161:sNHT23927172" Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 20:14:08 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@blonde.wat.veritas.com To: dtor_core@ameritech.net cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , Pavel Machek , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Remove silly messages from input layer. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20060504024404.GA17818@redhat.com> <20060504071736.GB5359@ucw.cz> <445A18D8.1030502@mbligh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2006 19:14:16.0095 (UTC) FILETIME=[EF91F2F0:01C66FAE] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1482 Lines: 31 On Thu, 4 May 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Wed 03-05-06 22:44:04, Dave Jones wrote: > > > > > > >There are two messages in the input layer that seem to be > > > >triggerable very easily, and they confuse end-users to no end. > > > >"too many keys pressed? Should I press less keys?" > > Also I don't understand what people have against this message, it's at > KERN_DEBUG level after all. I often type at the text console; and I like to see KERN_DEBUG messages; but I do NOT like to see kernel messages telling me I've mistyped - they don't hurt my pride, but they do mess up my screen. If I hit a wrong key, it's normal for that wrong key to be echoed, not a kernel message saying "Are you sure you didn't want to hit another key?". If I don't hit a key hard enough, it's normal for that key not to be echoed. So why, if I happen to hit a combination of keys by mistake, do I get that wretched "too many keys pressed" message? The appropriate response is for what is accepted to be echoed, and that is all. I keep #ifdef ATKBD_DEBUG around both the messages Dave highlighted (but I forget when it was that I used to get the second one); the -mm tree has had the "too many keys" message commented out for many months. Hugh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/