From: Steffen Seeger <s.seeger@physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:23:12 +0100 (MET)

Re: monitor code.

 
> By the way I came across a the old console problem. With my patch you can
> compile vagcon and /dev/fb as a non console device. So I run a program
> like ggi that uses /dev/fb no problem. When I switch consoles and go back
> it switches back to vgacon and I lost /dev/fb. Its so braindead. I realize
> the solution is to seperate the vt switching code from the console code. I
> will present this solution to the fb kernel group. 

Guess what the KGI console code does, and why... 

And: IT WORKS!!!!! YOU CAN LOOK AT IT!!! (kgi-0.9-9903*.tar.gz)

[Bashing my head against a wall to calm down...]

> James Simmons
> System Admin
> EdgeNet Inc 
> jsimmons@edgeglobal.com
> http://www.edgeglobal.com/~jsimmons

			Steffen

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