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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: syscons & multiple Xservers?
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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 20:23:07 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <199412182213.AA02516@physics.su.OZ.AU> from "David Dawes" at Dec 19, 94 09:12:59 am
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As David Dawes wrote:
| 
| I just tested this with 2.0R (using the default kernel), and I turned
| off the getty on ttyv2 to give two free VTs.

Can someone explain me *why* this is necessary?  I can perfectly run
an Xserver on a getty'ed VT with the pcvt driver.  Why not with
syscons?  Is this intention?

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cheers, J"org                             work:    joerg_wunsch@tcd-dresden.de
                                          private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)