Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:28:12 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: multi-user: multiple consoles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199810221628.JAA06206@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:51 +0200 (MET DST) Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> wrote: > With X it should be possible, but I don't know how. Any pointers would > be appreciated. In text mode however I am unaware of any possiblities, > largely lacking probably because of the fact that there are no > possiblities to connect more than one keyboard and screen anyway at the > moment. Up to now. NetBSD's wscons can handle multiple text displays, keyboards, mice, etc. The big problem is crappy PC hardware. If you plop more than one PCI VGA device in your system, You Lose, because they both attempt to map themselves in compatibility space so that the BIOS can talk to them. Some display controllers (notably, 3D accellerators) have a jumper to disable VGA mode completely, but then you only get a memory mapped frame buffer (if you're lucky :-) Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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