Re: (Multihead) Console Blanking

[James S. <jsi...@ac...>]

> James Simmons <jsi...@ac...> wrote:
> > I'm one of the ones working on the new console system. Real multihead, meaning
> > the console system supports mulitple displays and multiple keyboards, needed a
> > big code rewrite of the console system so it should hold off to 2.5.X. Have 
> > you come up with a solution by the way for multihead blanking. I haven't :(
> > Ideas anyone? 
> 
> I played with a patch to support the MDA as a second monitor when I was using
> 2.0.x, that supported screen blanking on both monitors. I will dig the patch
> out and have a read. How are you going to do multiple keyboards? USB? Or is
> all of that kind of stuff in an FAQ I have not spotted?

    You have a patch. Great :) Could you reply with the patch. Thank you
very much. 
    As for keyboards using Vojtech's input devices we support multiple
keyboards via USB. Also you can do what I have. Plug one ps/2 into the
ps/2 keyboard port and another one into the ps/2 mouse port. Then you can 
attached a sun keyboard via the parrallel port. I have the sun keyboard
but you need to build the adapter yourself which I haven't done yet. 

Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.

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