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From: kdg@nirvo.uucp (Kurt Gollhardt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: AT&T V/386 Console Graphics Prog Example
Summary: Fix for <BEEP>
Keywords: AT&T 6386 V/386 graphics
Message-ID: <257C945E.2212@nirvo.uucp>
Date: 6 Dec 89 04:23:56 GMT
References: <1078@nsscb.UUCP>
Reply-To: kdg@nirvo.UUCP (Kurt Gollhardt)
Organization: Nirvonics Inc., Plainfield, NJ
Lines: 23

In article <1078@nsscb.UUCP> rhc@nsscb.UUCP (Rick Calder) writes a very nice
sample SYSV/386 console graphics program, with the following plaint:
>
>		You may put this program in the background to free up the
>	console, and then use the <ALT-SysReq><Fx> to bounce back and forth.
>	Use the <DEL> to close the graphic.  After a bounce out and back, no
>	input will be read until the <BEEP>.  Why ?  Let me know if you
>	figure it out !  Really, I've no idea.
>

You need to add the following line to the end of your acquiredisplay()
routine:

	ioctl(0, VT_RELDISP, VT_ACKACQ);

This tells the driver that you've finished redrawing the screen and the
acquire process is complete.

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