Re: X11 + console switch - how does it actually work ?

Hello folks,

could anybody please give me some more insight, how switching from X to console (ctrl+alt+f*) actually works ?

Who catches the keypress event and initiates the VT switch ? The Xserver ? Could this be done in the kernel (eg. when Xserver is hanging) ?

The X server is in full control of it all. No the kernel can't do it, SAK might work (secure-attention key) using sysrq but it probably will just end up with a more confused system.

Dave.

--mtx

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