Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759456Ab0KQWBW (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:01:22 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:60202 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758137Ab0KQWBV (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:01:21 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Lennart Poettering Cc: Alan Cox , Kay Sievers , linux-kernel , Greg KH , Werner Fink , Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: tty: add 'active' sysfs attribute to tty0 and console device In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:10:24 +0100." <20101116231023.GB27594@tango.0pointer.de> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1289922400.1253.3.camel@yio.site> <20101116155717.6671e484@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101116171447.29336514@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101116195538.7fa66b97@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101116213622.GA17824@tango.0pointer.de> <20101116225619.5fa7ef8b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101116231023.GB27594@tango.0pointer.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1290031268_4778P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:01:08 -0500 Message-ID: <25482.1290031268@localhost> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 128.173.14.107 localhost Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=dagger.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020209.4CE450A4.020C,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2009-09-22 00:05:22, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1166 Lines: 37 --==_Exmh_1290031268_4778P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:10:24 +0100, Lennart Poettering said: > When two users A and B are logged in, on tty1 resp. tty2, then as long > as tty1 is active user A should get access to the sound card, usb key, > .... As soon as we switch to tty2 user B should. So I change to tty1, plug in my 8G USB memory stick, and I have access to it. I start copying something big to it, and change to tty2 to do something else while the long copy happens... ... and my copy craps out because tty1 lost access to the USB. Brilliant. --==_Exmh_1290031268_4778P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFM5FCkcC3lWbTT17ARAmUpAKDVpYSutiwZzgPBMbXYztpx1TJf6QCgr8qh Vyqa+blgZhlCzQJawWpbh1M= =p3Wx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1290031268_4778P-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/