#11439 NORM 11.3.1: Move console from tty0 to a non-X console

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#11439: Move console from tty0 to a non-X console
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           Reporter:  greenfeld    |       Owner:                                   
               Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                              
           Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  11.3.1                           
          Component:  kernel       |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:               |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  diagnose     |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:               |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:               |  
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Changes (by Quozl):

 * cc: pgf (added)


Comment:

 Speculating.  X currently handles the Ctrl/Alt/F2 ... F6 chords for
 switching to non-X console.  This requires X to be working.  Perhaps olpc-
 kbdshim might intercept one of these and fork a chvt?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11439#comment:3>
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