vconsole-setup: don't set the kbd mode to unicode if is is currently in raw/off mode

Let's not confuse X11

diff --git a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
index 65017055f37b0bc4d5c1b631245f8f27c66e276b..1208aeb524b89c6df87cb195ed60d0cfa07f1900 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
+++ b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
@@ -68,9 +68,22 @@ static int disable_utf8(int fd) {
 
 static int enable_utf8(int fd) {
         int r = 0, k;
-
-        if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) < 0)
-                r = -errno;
+        long current = 0;
+
+        if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &current) < 0 || current == K_XLATE) {
+                /*
+                 * Change the current keyboard to unicode, unless it
+                 * is currently in raw or off mode anyway. We
+                 * shouldn't interfere with X11's processing of the
+                 * key events.
+                 *
+                 * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-February/008573.html
+                 *
+                 */
+
+                if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) < 0)
+                        r = -errno;
+        }
 
         if (loop_write(fd, "\033%G", 3, false) < 0)
                 r = -errno;