Re: Linuxconsole-dev digest, Vol 1 #596 - 2 msgs

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>> P.S.  My application for this is to run a second X server, divorced from
>> the VT system and using its own video card, keyboard and mouse, to
achieve
>> multidesktop without explicit kernel or X support.  I understand that
the
>> 2.5 ruby multidesktop support is not quite there yet.
>
>Indeed, this cannot be easily done in 2.5 - the only reasonable way
>would be to modify drivers/char/keyboard.c: connect() function to only
>accept the PS/2 keyboard as a system keyboard by checking for the
>dev->phys field.

But I use similar feature 8 months under "ruby".
James Simmons promised insert back into ruby-2.5.XX multiheading OKT-2002.
IMHO dummy console for additional console emulation works nice.
Ofcourse secondary XFree use VT, but VT bounded with right keyboard.

Current XFree grab VGA any way, use VT or not. You lost Ctrl-Alt-Fx ,
text mode virtual terminals, if You start multiple X servers.

HERE IS LACK OF USER INTEREST.

Aivils