Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:47:35 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: james@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Jim Lowe) Cc: fcurrent@jraynard.demon.co.uk, grog@lemis.de, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Vm fixes NG Message-ID: <199606041517.AAA07803@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606041314.IAA08738@miller.cs.uwm.edu> from "Jim Lowe" at Jun 4, 96 08:14:06 am
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Jim Lowe stands accused of saying: > > > > We discussed this a while back while talking about ddb. The problem > > is that it's almost impossible to find a way to set the display card > > back to text mode. > > > Syscons seems to be able to do this just fine via <cntl><alt><fx>. It > would sure be nice to be able to drop into the debugger when running X > w/o having to switch to another virtual console first. Syscons doesn't do that, the X server does. You could perhaps teach the X server about alt-ctrl-esc, but if the system is wedged, that may not help very much. > -Jim -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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