Re:two consoles

[<Aiv...@un...>]

>Is it possible to get two consoles running on 2.5.65+?
no

>I have this hardware:
>AGP Radeon
>PCI Rage128
>USB mouse
>PS2 mouse
>USB keyboard
>PS2 keyboard
>
>If I can't get two consoles, how can I separate the
>USB mouse/keyboard from controlling the boot console?

You can manipulate with drivers/char/keyboard.c

--- linux-2.5.66/drivers/char/keyboard.c      2003-03-24 22:00:19.000000000
+0000
+++ linux-2.5.66/drivers/char/keyboard.c.chg  2003-03-26 15:22:30.000000000
+0000
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static struct input_handle *kbd_connect(

     if ((i == BTN_MISC) && !test_bit(EV_SND, dev->evbit))
          return NULL;
-
+    if(strcmp(dev->phys,"isa0060/serio1/input0")) return NULL;
     if (!(handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct input_handle), GFP_KERNEL)))
          return NULL;
     memset(handle, 0, sizeof(struct input_handle));

I am not assured about this patch. This one should accept PS/2 keyboard
and reject all others keyboards.
read about Your keyborads in /proc/bus/input/devices .

Aivils Stoss