Console switching in graphics mode

Project:	JNode Core
Component:	Code
Category:	feature request
Priority:	normal
Assigned:	Unassigned
Status:	closed

I'll see if I can use the

Submitted by hagar on Sat, 07/23/2005 - 13:17.

I'll see if I can use the kernel debugger over rs232 to a other computer, but in long term it would be nice to have some thing like on linux with ctrl+alt+f7 for the Xserver and console screens on the other ctrl+alt+f-keys.

Martin

#1

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/22/2005 - 10:37.

Use the kernel debugger (kdb on) for this.

Ewout

#1

Submitted by Peter on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 08:51.

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» Console switching in graphics mode

Is kdb enough, can we close that request?

Imho if we still want that feature it is a very hard one. If you have a look at linux with a very good driver support you can see that they're not able to switch back to a console for many many drivers.

#2

Submitted by Fabien D on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 18:50.

I think that feature could be usefull and the work I doing these days might help : I am working on vesa driver and also on a framebuffer console (usable, among others, with a vesa driver). That framebuffer console could be used to implement that feature.

Another alternative would be to implement the feature by switching to text mode.
In both cases, I think we need to backup the graphics display.

I might be wrong since I have not yet thought further about that feature.

#3

Submitted by lsantha on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 19:35.

You can already switch to text mode with Alt-F11.
After that startawt will bring you back to the gui screen where you left it.

#4

Submitted by Fabien D on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 20:59.

great !

but switching back to graphics mode should also be done by a keyboard shortcut imho ... that just gave me another idea : what do you think about linking keyboard shortcuts to a command line (or a script) ?