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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:41:26 +0200
From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
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To: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux as a minicomputer ?
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Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> > It IS the kernel's fault, because only one VT can be active. The
> > kernel VT stuff needs to be redesigned to hadle multiple VT at the
> > same time ...
> 
> Yes and no. You shouldn't need VTs to run Xservers at all.

Still a kernel problem, what if all the users want to run
vgacon/fbcon instead of X?  One VT per physical interface
is what we need, rather than "per machine".

Helge Hafting
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