linux-kernel - Re: Multiple consoles

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:32:14 -0500
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Multiple consoles

On 1/9/2012 4:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Phillip Susi, le Mon 09 Jan 2012 16:11:36 -0500, a écrit :
>> Does this make sense or am I missing something?
>
> It used to be planned, but nobody took the job, because X doesn't need
> this (see option -sharevts).

If you do that, you can't use vcs.  AFAICS, there won't be any on the 
second seat, and if you switch the first seat back to a vc, it will read 
input from both keyboards.  And what about magic-sysrq?  A SAK on either 
keyboard will kill the primary X won't it?
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