On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 20:20:47 +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 06:44:22PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > > Why "at best"? It sounds like checking whether the active VT is in > > KD_TEXT is exactly what's needed here. > > How can this be tested? > Something like this:
#include <stdio.h> #include <err.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/kd.h> int main() { int fd; int rc; int mode; fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) err(1, "open(/dev/tty0)"); rc = ioctl(fd, KDGETMODE, &mode); if (rc < 0) err(1, "ioctl(KDGETMODE)"); switch (mode) { case KD_TEXT: printf("text\n"); break; case KD_GRAPHICS: printf("graphics\n"); break; default: printf("other (%d)\n", mode); break; } return 0; } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org