MS> This is a fundamental limitation of all kbd tools which need a console
MS> file descriptor to work; it is most obvious with tools like openvt,
MS> fgconsole and chvt. I’m merging this report with #522453.
Well maybe some program could write something in /var/run where another
program could rea
forcemerge 522453 557171
thanks
Hi!
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:57:28AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
> The man page should mention why chvt can't be made to work within X
> windows. (Or better yet, please make it work.)
This is a fundamental limitation of all kbd tools which need a console
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Package: kbd
Version: 1.15-4
Severity: wishlist
File: /bin/chvt
The man page should mention why chvt can't be made to work within X
windows. (Or better yet, please make it work.)
I.e., one cannot do
$ chvt 1
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
But from outside X windows one c
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