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- > Will this new graphics/console code make it possible to have virtual
- > consoles like under Amiga Minix? There you could switch between different
- > logins by using the F1-4 function keys. Some may say that you can do this
- > with X Windows and multiple terminals, but if X itself hangs, your stuck.
- > With the virtual console, you could just switch over to a dumb terminal
- > session and possibly fix the problem. At least you don't have to reboot.
- >
- > >
- > > I am posting this to let people know that the new graphics stuff is
- > > done (well in beta now). I send the patches to Markus, and I imagine
- > > that he will make them available when he is able.
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- Well, I'm trying to incorporate Chris' changes into the kernel right
- now, but in the first release, there won't be a way to have multiple
- cc-consoles, as I had to make some compromises to getting the driver into
- the old grf driver (the driver isn't suitable to include 3rd party
- gfx-boards right now, so I couldn't make it replace grf). This also
- means (to the X11 people) that the mmap-interface and grf stays the
- same. Only difference I made in the cc-area is to have regsize be one
- page, instead of sizeof (custom).
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- -Markus
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- CHUUG/EUnet Switzerland Markus Wild
- Zweierstrasse 35 Tel: +41 1 291 45 80 mw@eunet.ch
- CH-8004 Zuerich Fax: +41 1 291 46 42 S=mw;P=EUnet;A=EUnet;C=CH
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