>> Such abnormal keyboard behavior should be associated with the file
>> descriptor, not the device. Then we wouldn't need the huge collection
>> of ugly hacks that knowledgeable users use to restore the console.
...
> Why go through all that sort of complicated stuff when a
> simple alt-sysrq-r will do the trick?
1. It is not user-friendly to _ever_ get into that state.
If you find a way to get out of the state, you have
solved the wrong problem. Users don't want magic escape
tricks for a condition that should never happen.
2. From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help:
"Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does."
(that config option is an intentional security hole)
To a user, your "complicated" and "simple" are backwards.
You have become used to obscure keyboard sequences, so you
see them as "simple". It's important to avoid becoming blind
to the flaws you see every day. Did you know Windows 95 is
a reliable operating system? Computers always crash...
Let's not solve flaws by getting accustomed to them.
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