On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello, OKUJI! > > > I'm going to support virtual terminals by using Linux console > > driver, but this doesn't mean the virtual terminals in Hurd will be > > compatible with the ones in Linux. I may modify the code > > extensively. And, it's possible to support virtual terminals in the > > Hurd level, while my solution will be made in the GNU Mach level. > > > > > Did anybody succeed in running "screen" under Hurd? > > > > I don't know. > > Now I understand why GNU Hurd is developped so slowly. There is already a > user-space VT implementation (screen), made by GNU itself, which just > needs minor tuning (it even compiles out-of-box). > However, you are going to put all this stuff into the micro(!!!)kernel.
While we're in 0.02euro mode, here's mine. IMHO a vt server is probably the best solution (i.e. a hurd-type solution, but working like hurd's ext2fs server). Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte
