[PATCH] drivers/accessibility: audio feedback as characters are generated

2013-12-10 Thread Karl Dahlke
From: Karl Dahlke This module generates soft clicks as printable characters are sent to the foreground tty. These sounds simulate an old fashion teletype running at 2400 baud. This serves as valuable feedback for a blind user, even if speech or braille is not working. And there are many reasons

[PATCH 3.12] Broken terminal due to echo bufferring

2013-12-10 Thread Karl Dahlke
d you can edit the file as usual, or quit. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[PATCH 3.12] Broken terminal due to echo bufferring

2013-12-10 Thread Karl Dahlke
other standard cooked mode programs that are ^c interruptable. I guess the tty is an incredibly complicated beast. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Bug in tty cooked mode kernel 3.12.3

2013-12-09 Thread Karl Dahlke
to the next release, and perhaps backport if possible; for those of us in cooked line mode it was really an inconvenient bug. Finally, my complements to you. I read the code in n_tty.c and I don't understand any of it. It's way beyond me. Nice job, and thank you. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubsc

[PATCH] drivers/input/misc: new PC speaker sounds, clicks and notes

2013-12-09 Thread Karl Dahlke
From: Karl Dahlke The speaker driver can play a tone at a specified frequency, or the standard control G bell, which is a special case of TONE at 1000 hz 0.1 seconds. This patch adds kd_mkpulse() to generate a soft click. This is introduced to support accessibility modules and adapters in the

[PATCH 3.12] Broken terminal due to echo bufferring

2013-12-08 Thread Karl Dahlke
ping to fix this problem, but it remains. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Bug in tty cooked mode kernel 3.12.3

2013-12-07 Thread Karl Dahlke
problem. Thank you for your quick reply,and the patch to try. I'm afraid however this is still an unsolved problem. Realize that it pops up rarely and randomly in just about any cooked program; I chose the console switch example because it most reliably reproduces the bug. Thank you. Karl D

Bug in tty cooked mode kernel 3.12.3

2013-12-07 Thread Karl Dahlke
ooked mode. I looked through MAINTAINERS but couldn't find a clear maintainer for drivers/tty/tty*.c Please forward this to the appropriate people. Thank you. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vg

adapter, what's in a name

2008-02-20 Thread Karl Dahlke
long with this, I can write a patch for drivers/Makefile and drivers/Kconfig that would put this in place. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/maj

adapter, what's in a name

2008-02-19 Thread Karl Dahlke
ystem in so many ways; let's not be behind when it comes to accessibility. Your thoughts are welcome. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[PATCH] put ledstate in the keyboard notifier

2008-02-19 Thread Karl Dahlke
I think there is general agreement, including myself, that led state should be part of the key event, like shiftstate, and not grabbed asynchronously after the fact. So here is the patch that would do this. I tested it with my keyboard modules and it works. It only changes a couple lines of code, a

Where to put adapters, /proc is cool

2008-02-19 Thread Karl Dahlke
ead and write files under /proc. I'm sorry, but I think it's cool. Cool or not, it seems to be here to stay, and I humbly suggest a standard location for adapters and their virtual files. /proc/adapters Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe li

[PATCH] export getledstate()

2008-02-19 Thread Karl Dahlke
return ledstate; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(getledstate); void setledstate(struct kbd_struct *kbd, unsigned int led) { Thanks. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at ht

Where to put adapters

2008-02-19 Thread Karl Dahlke
ke, I can write and submit a patch that does this. Karl Dahlke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/