lib/driver/rc*: open remote control input devices in exclussive mode... so the keycodes are not supplied to the linux console

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/driver/rc.cpp b/lib/driver/rc.cpp
index c7acd113..8dab0201 100644
--- a/lib/driver/rc.cpp
+++ b/lib/driver/rc.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ std::string eRCInputEventDriver::getDeviceName()
 	return name;
 }
 
+void eRCInputEventDriver::setExclusive(bool b)
+{
+	if (handle >= 0)
+	{
+		int grab = b;
+		if (::ioctl(handle, EVIOCGRAB, &grab) < 0)
+			perror("EVIOCGRAB");
+	}
+}
+
 eRCInputEventDriver::~eRCInputEventDriver()
 {
 	if (handle>=0)
diff --git a/lib/driver/rc.h b/lib/driver/rc.h
index 9708ea7b..ef0588c4 100644
--- a/lib/driver/rc.h
+++ b/lib/driver/rc.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public:
 	std::string getDeviceName();
 	eRCInputEventDriver(const char *filename);
 	~eRCInputEventDriver();
+	void setExclusive(bool b); // in exclusive mode data is not carried to console device
 };
 
 class eRCKey
diff --git a/lib/driver/rcinput.cpp b/lib/driver/rcinput.cpp
index d10d94f3..0aada8df 100644
--- a/lib/driver/rcinput.cpp
+++ b/lib/driver/rcinput.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ eRCDeviceInputDev::eRCDeviceInputDev(eRCInputEventDriver *driver)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	driver->setExclusive(!iskeyboard);
 	eDebug("Input device \"%s\" is %sa keyboard.", id.c_str(), iskeyboard ? "" : "not ");
 
 }