Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 16:35 -0400, James Carlson wrote: > Ow Mun Heng writes: > > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole/ > > > > > > > Is this feature (according to the site) equivalent to what I would get > > in Linux with the Alt-F1 - F6 Key? > > Yes, that's the idea. It says exact

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread James Carlson
James Carlson writes: > > I was looking for that actually, so this means that it's still a work in > > progress? > > That's what the project page says. If you want more detailed > information, you should probably drop a line to the project leaders. > (I see that there's no separate mailing list f

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread James Carlson
Ow Mun Heng writes: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole/ > > > > Is this feature (according to the site) equivalent to what I would get > in Linux with the Alt-F1 - F6 Key? Yes, that's the idea. It says exactly this on that web page: An initial basic prototype: * Users ha

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 10:15 -0400, James Carlson wrote: > A. Gh. writes: > > Dear Friends is there any new sounds about VT? > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole/ > Is this feature (according to the site) equivalent to what I would get in Linux with the Alt-F1 - F6 Key? I was looki

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread Eric Boutilier
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, A. Gh. wrote: Dear Friends is there any new sounds about VT? The project is active -- they recently opened their project site and discussion forum here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole/ Eric ___ opensolaris-

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread James Carlson
A. Gh. writes: > Dear Friends is there any new sounds about VT? http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole/ -- James Carlson, KISS Network<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-06-14 Thread A. Gh.
Dear Friends is there any new sounds about VT? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-05-25 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Philip Brown wrote: On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:42:59AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: In the case that actually replaced the console driver, the VT support was described by the project team as little used and unnecessary: c) "VT" support. [...] mechanisms. These users can

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-05-25 Thread Philip Brown
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:42:59AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > In the case that actually replaced the console driver, the VT support was > described by the project team as little used and unnecessary: > > c) "VT" support. [...] > mechanisms. These users can either use utilit

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-05-25 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Gueven Bay wrote: What was the reason that virtual terminals are removed from Solaris some time ago? They were only supported in the x86 console driver and were removed when that driver was replaced with a console driver shared between sparc and x86 in Solaris 8. The ARC case to announce the

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-05-25 Thread Bill Walker - Sun Principal Engineer
IIRC... There was a proposal to enhance/fix/refurb virtual terminals back around 2.5 or so. The plan was to either "do it right or don't do it at all". Part of evaluating the proposal for funding was to gather market interest and business need for the feature. The business need didn't weigh i

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-05-25 Thread Gueven Bay
If I may ask gently (without wanting to hijack this thread but also without wanting to open a new thread for this little question): What was the reason that virtual terminals are removed from Solaris some time ago? I just googled and read that there was support for virtual terminals in old So