linux-kernel - Re: SIGQUIT from tty layer

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:02:20 -0400
From:	Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@...il.com>
To:	xorg@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: SIGQUIT from tty layer

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 02:16:59PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> This sounds familiar:
> 
>   "a set of 'stty' calls in the init scripts, that (amazingly) reset the
>    isig flag on the current vt (which in our case is the X vt). For
>    anyone ignorant of the vile mess of consequences that means
>    (obviously) your X server gets a SIGQUIT when you press enter."
>         -- http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2009-05-29.html

Indeed it does. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like my init scripts have
anything resetting isig. I do have a onlcr reset it seems, but would
that cause a SIGQUIT?

[1101 ben@...-laptop etc] $ sudo grep stty -R *
init.d/rc:stty onlcr 0>&1
readahead/boot:/bin/stty

Thanks again,

- Ben

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