Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:33:21 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > >> >> Gauri, a text terminal is a *text* terminal. The Linux GUI interface is >> X. So you need to be using a viewer in X. >> >> Linux is not like the old DOS OSes which ran programs which took over the >> video with their own custom device-specific driver coding. >> > > Please ignore my post, I am incorrect. Sorry.
Well you're semi-incorrect :) If you had a real text terminal (dec vt100, etc.) then yeah you wouldn't be able to do it. But the linux console isn't limited to just text. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
