Subject: Re: NetBSD/alpha and wscons
To: None <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/17/1999 10:27:31
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:50:16 +0100
drochner@zel459.zel.kfa-juelich.de wrote:
> > In which
> > case X probably wouldn't be too happy. Or the fact that one can
> > combine graphics and text on a non-X screen if one writes the
> > appropriate app.
>
> It would need a switching protocol so that the X server
> can claim a screen and disallow wscons access until it gives
> it up.
I was brainstorming about this while driving in San Francisco last night
(the car is a great place to brainstorm when you accidentally leave your
stereo faceplate 45 miles away :-), and will send some e-mail about this
when I've fleshed it out some.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>