>(Aside, is this because X uses keyboard in raw mode? would be nice to >still be able to ctrl-alt-del to rebood from console) Anyone know about >using alt-sysrq to restore console? > >So, if the kernel had a card specific module that just knew enough >to put the card back into text mode, or if it used the card's bios >to do it like the int10.a module in XFree 4.0, we would lack for nothing. >(hmm vesafb could be extended?) Working on it. I already have it so you can go from vgacon to /dev/fb and back to vgacon. It is in the works to have vgacon restore the text mode, palette and fonts when switching away from the X server. One of the problems I have seen is under heavy load switching away from X often doesn't restore the text console properly. Vgacon could. This is also handy when the X server dies :-) As for using the card's BIOS. Yuck yuck!! We have other platforms to consider like PPC. PPC is a pretty popular platform. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
