Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:20:52 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: Multiple Keyboards in 2.2/2.4? |
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> > Don't forget about where printk goes to. Should it goe to every VT or just > > one? As for SysRq do users want the option to disable for everyone, have > > it work for one VT or allow it for everyone? Do we want a all or nothing > > policy? > > It is actually very easy. Just one keyboard, and just one monitor is > "system console". All others are just normal terminals. > > There's already same problem with serial console / vt problem. There's > solution saying "user selects using command line what _real_ console > is". No new problem here. > > [And yes, serial console can do both sysrq and printing kernel > messages. No new problems here.]
Yes I know serial console works just as well as video console. I came up with the idea of a "system console" as well. I just wanted to see if people seen this also a "good" solution. This _real_ console is the one where you can do things like ctrl_alt_del from it where other VTs you can't.
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