Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-20 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > (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? Alt-SysRq-U,S,B. Should work as long as kernel is alive. It is not completely clean shutdown, but will

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-20 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! (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? Alt-SysRq-U,S,B. Should work as long as kernel is alive. It is not completely clean shutdown, but will

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-16 Thread James Simmons
>(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

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-16 Thread James Simmons
(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

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-14 Thread Jeremy Jackson
Please CC me if sending to xpert list. This is a big topic. I think I can contribute a whole two cents worth though... Interesting to note that NT's windowing system moved from being originally in userland to inside the kernel between V3.? and 4.0. Remember mom saying "If your friends all jump

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-14 Thread Jeremy Jackson
Please CC me if sending to xpert list. This is a big topic. I think I can contribute a whole two cents worth though... Interesting to note that NT's windowing system moved from being originally in userland to inside the kernel between V3.? and 4.0. Remember mom saying "If your friends all jump

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Louis Garcia wrote: > I was wondering why video drivers are not part of the kernel like every > other piece of hardware. I would think if video drivers were part of the > kernel and had a nice API for X or any other windowing system, would not > only improve performance

Re: [Xpert]Video drivers and the kernel

2001-02-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Louis Garcia wrote: I was wondering why video drivers are not part of the kernel like every other piece of hardware. I would think if video drivers were part of the kernel and had a nice API for X or any other windowing system, would not only improve performance but