On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 02:22:33PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > of course, this only makes sense in the context of a configured > console server:
You must have ignored my previous reply on this issue. We will not implement those ioctls, and they will certainly not be implemented in the terminal server (or magic for that matter). It's also unrelated to a console server. The issue is between the vga console client that shares the display and input devices with the X server. That console client must have a protocol that allows cooperative console switching The protocol will be just as we see it convenient and useful, and not be tied to the ioctl interface. The corresponding code in XFree86 must be ported (rewritten). In XFree86 4.2 and earlier, it was well separated from the architecture specific code. If 4.3 doesn't compile, then either the X people didn't do their job properly by letting architecture specific code flow into generic code or the Debian package maintainer didn't do his job properly by messing up the configuration settings (can't blame him, the configuration in X is a mess). This bug is a will-not-fix or a non-bug. See also the savannah task database, I am sure I have one open for that. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/ _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
