Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Input: Add a Kconfig to emulate KEY_SCREENLOCK with META + L

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > In the PC industry KEY_SCREENLOCK isn't used as frequently as it used
> > > to be. Modern versions of Windows [1], GNOME and KDE support "META" + "L"
> > > to lock the screen. Modern hardware [2] also sends this sequence of
> > > events for keys with a silkscreen for screen lock.
> > > 
> > > Introduced a new Kconfig option that will change KEY_SCREENLOCK when
> > > emitted by driver to META + L.
> > 
> > Fix gnome and kde, do not break kernel...
> 
> I'm sorry; fix them to do what exactly?  Switch to KEY_SCREENLOCK?
> 
> That's going to break modern hardware lockscreen keys.  They've all
> obviously moved to META+L because that's what hardware today uses.

Gnome / KDE should accept either META+L _or_ KEY_SCREENLOCK to do the
screen locking, no?

Best regards,
								Pavel
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