Package: kbd Severity: wishlist Hello,
Console-setup needs some way to test whether we are on the console or not (in order not to damage a running X). Because of Debconf this should work when the program is detached from the actual virtual terminal (so /usr/bin/tty doesn't work). For FreeBSD I found the following solution in the net (http://www.opennet.ru/tips/info/1448.shtml, in Russian language): if vidcontrol -i adapter >&- 2>&-; then echo We are on the console else echo We are not on the console. fi (Vidcontrol is the FreeBSD analogue of the setfont+fbset combination.) Unfortunately I don't know if something similar can work for Linux but Julien Cristau contributed the following code: #include <stdio.h> #include <err.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/kd.h> int main() { int fd; int rc; int mode; fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) err(1, "open(/dev/tty0)"); rc = ioctl(fd, KDGETMODE, &mode); if (rc < 0) err(1, "ioctl(KDGETMODE)"); switch (mode) { case KD_TEXT: printf("text\n"); break; case KD_GRAPHICS: printf("graphics\n"); break; default: printf("other (%d)\n", mode); break; } return 0; } Would it be possible to include something like this in kbd? I don't like the idea to include a binary Linux-only utility in an architecture independent package such as console-setup. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
