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- From: dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca (Doug Evans)
- Subject: Re: changing to another virtual console...
- Organization: Edmonton, Alberta
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:59:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.045943.925@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca>
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- jshiffle@netcom.com (John Shifflett) writes:
- >Does POSIX make allowances for querying/changing virtual consoles?
- >It would certainly be simple to add an option to the TIOCLINUX ioctl
- >call (IS simple! I did it in my system, but I don't feel quite right
- >about running a personalized OS). Perhaps the movers&shakers could
- >discuss adding the few lines of code needed....
- >John S.
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- The SVR4/386 systems and SCO Xenix provide ioctl's to do this.
- I think Linux should just follow suit and use those. Why add extra
- pain to people porting applications that use the ones already in existence?
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- Doug Evans | "You're just supposed to sit here?"
- dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca | - Worf in a mud bath.
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