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From: sking@nowhere.uucp (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Some questions from novice X11 user on ISC UNIX 386 (long)
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.040100.109@nowhere.uucp>
Date: 29 Nov 90 04:01:00 GMT
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In article <1990Nov27.120212.15145@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:

$>>1) X11 and virtual screens
$>
$>>As it appears to me, X11 is not well integrated with virtual screens (VTs).
$>>After starting the X-server and -clients on some VT, I can well switch away
$>>from this VT, but switching back doesn't work (the particular VT is dead
$>>then) and I have to kill and restart the server and clients.
$
$VTs are documented to not work with the laserview.  Don't use them.  This is
$a problem with the laserview server code (possibly because of some hardware
$problems) not with X generically.

   The release notes with ISC's X11 1.2 claim that this is fixed for the 2.2
 release of the OS.


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