From: James Simmons <jsimmons@edgeglobal.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:41:24 -0400 (EDT)

Re: Accels and /dev/gfx.

On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Michael Gersten wrote:

> When you say that VC switching will be disabled on open(/dev/fb),
> are you saying that I can choose between virtual consoles and
> text mode, or a single console and the penguin logo? (And high
> refresh -- much more important).
> 
> PLEASE, have a way for the user to say "I'm just doing plain text
> emulation in graphics mode" so we can keep the virtual consoles.
> Even if it turns into a 4 MB dump from graphics memory to swap file
> by some user program.
> 
> I don't want to have to start X just to get both high refresh
> and multiple windows. (Lets face it, between window borders and
> screen panels, you loose too many pixels on the terminal windows.)

No. What I'm saying is that if you start X windows you can't Alt-F[2-6] to
another terminal. Say for any graphics program. You can't do a VT switch,
disabled the Alt-F1 etc key.