Re: [MiNT] Ctrl+Alt+Q deactivated

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Jo Even Skarstein wrote:

> From: Helmut Karlowski <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:21 AM
> To: <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
> Cc: <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] Ctrl+Alt+Q deactivated
>
>
> >> I haven't checked the sources, but I'm quite sure it issues a shutdown
> >> using
> >> shel_write(). So yes, it asks XaAES to perform a shutdown.
> >
> > So the shutdown should be performed without alert when issued from an
> > extern app.
>
> The alert should *only* be displayed when shutdown is initiated by
> Ctrl+Alt+Q/H. Isn't the purpose of this alert to avoid accidental shutdown?

Yes, sure!

> > But how can kernel_key be accessed by shel_write? And then it should end
> > up testing for SDMASTER again.
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean here. shel_write(SHUTDOWN...)
> just tells XaAES to start a shutdown

The alert is only called by ce_dispatch_shutdown which is only called from kernel_key.

> (http://toshyp.atari.org/de/008012.html#shel_write). I don't know how XaAES
> deals with this internally.
>
> > How is ALERT_SHUTDOWN set? Should be 0.
>
> What's this?

In k_main.c (forgot to remove, but it's 0 in my source).

Add BLOGs before every call to xaaes_do_form_alert and you'll find the reason.

-Helmut