Re: (Multihead) Console Blanking

From: Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech@suse.cz)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 12:42:54 EST


On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 09:55:14AM -0400, James Simmons wrote:
>
> > James Simmons <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
> > > I'm one of the ones working on the new console system. Real multihead, meaning
> > > the console system supports mulitple displays and multiple keyboards, needed a
> > > big code rewrite of the console system so it should hold off to 2.5.X. Have
> > > you come up with a solution by the way for multihead blanking. I haven't :(
> > > Ideas anyone?
> >
> > I played with a patch to support the MDA as a second monitor when I was using
> > 2.0.x, that supported screen blanking on both monitors. I will dig the patch
> > out and have a read. How are you going to do multiple keyboards? USB? Or is
> > all of that kind of stuff in an FAQ I have not spotted?
>
> You have a patch. Great :) Could you reply with the patch. Thank you
> very much.
> As for keyboards using Vojtech's input devices we support multiple
> keyboards via USB. Also you can do what I have. Plug one ps/2 into the
> ps/2 keyboard port and another one into the ps/2 mouse port. Then you can
> attached a sun keyboard via the parrallel port. I have the sun keyboard
> but you need to build the adapter yourself which I haven't done yet.

Sun keyboards connect to the serial port. AT keyboards can be attached
to KBD, AUX and parallel ports.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs

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