[fpc-devel] Linux kernel behaviour change regarding keyboard

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Wed, 18 Jul 2007, schreef Michael Van Canneyt:

> > > well then that's it... If you want to use these keys, you'll have to run your
> > > programs as root...
> > > 
> > > Or use a GUI IDE like Lazarus...
> > 
> > You just proposed this yourself, but before executing the IDE?
> 
> ? I proposed to use a small wrapper program, which does an Exec() after setting
> the proper TTY properties. Not set up a communication channel with a setuid root
> program. The solution is worse than the problem then...

What is bad about such a solution?

Daniël