Messages in this thread | | | From | Jan Hubicka <> | Subject | vcs/vcsa for normal user | Date | Wed, 5 Mar 1997 14:49:35 +0100 (MET) |
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Hi
I've writteln aalib - the text mode gfx library and I need fast text mode access for animations (about 70 text screens per second) Nice solution is /dev/vcs* that works perfectly in case you are root.
But why this is available only for root? Is there any purpose for disabling this feature for normal users. It should be cool to have drivers in curses slang that provides very fast access to linux consolu since normal terminal access is still slow(even on pentium). IMO only problem should be that in current scheme normal users should watch what is displayed at console. But why not disable access to foregin consoles like in /dev/tty mechanizm? I would invite if /dev/vcs* would be available for normal users in future versions.
Any ideas?
Honza
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