Hi all --
for a variety of reasons, I typically run two X servers: :0 on vc 7, :1
on vc 8. (This is XFree86 4.1.0; Debian package 4.1.0-6; Linux 2.4.12
with framebuffer device compiled in.) I would like to reduce the time
to switch from VC 7 to 8 -- both servers are running with the same
XF86Config-4, so the modes and timings are (presumably) identical. It
looks as though someone -- either X or the kernel console driver --
insists on taking things back down to the "ground state" (the mode the
VC was in before X took over, I guess) and then switching mode back. It
takes anywhere from 3 to 20 seconds to switch between the two X servers.
Is it possible to avoid the double mode switch on changing VCs between
two X servers?
Failing that, ISTR reading somewhere that putting the console in
framebuffer mode would help, as long as the console's video mode is the
same as X's. Well, even running with the console's 1280x1024 75Hz mode
didn't help, so presumably the timings are not identical to X's
1280x1024 75 Hz mode. Is it possible to ensure that the console and X
are using the *exact* same timings, and if so will this work -- ie. will
switching between X VCs be just like switching between console VCs in
the same mode, ie. more-or-less instantaneous?
(Suffering from Mac OS X envy after seeing a friend's new toy -- what
really impressed me was the nearly instantaneous switching from the Mac
OS desktop to X running WindowMaker... ;-)
Thanks --
Greg
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Greg Ward - software developer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MEMS Exchange http://www.mems-exchange.org
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