Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:50:52 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Vesafb & less on console Bug ? and another problem |
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Hi!
> Second Problem ( Or how to kill the ALT-Console Switch) > > I also see a slowdon of fbtv (the console version of xawtv) compared to > older Kernels. > ( But this could be a problem of the version of fbtv (2.34), though) > > But I can easily kill the ALT-F1/F2/F3... Console switch. > > Recipe: > Start fbtv on Console 1 > Switch to Console 2 > Switch back to console 1 > There is ca. 1 second before the tv-screen comes back on my console. > In that time try to switch back to console 2 > Bingo! > You killed the alt console Switch. > fbtv-Screen comes up and you cannot switch to another console > anymore.
There's easier solution: lauch showkey.
So "this is not bug, it is a feature".
[Bad feature.]
Pavel PS: Linux should be improved quite a bit w.r.t. consoles and security. Consider me loadkeys-ing dvorak keymap, then logging out, then laughing at root trying to log in :-).
-- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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