Re: [RFC] tty: Always allow tcflow(TCOON) to unwedge terminal

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Thu Sep 11 2014 - 08:45:31 EST

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On 09/11/2014 06:19 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
>> It's not common knowledge (and its certainly counterintuitive) that
>> turning off output when output is already turned off (ie., tcflow(TCOOFF))
>> is the required trickery to unwedge a terminal.
>>
>> Unwedging directly seems the straightforward approach.
>
> Putting the off/on in the man page might be safer still ?

That's my plan if this patch fails to launch.

Regards,
Peter Hurley

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