Virtual Console

Virtual Console Project

The virtual console project will provide virtual console feature to Solaris. This will improve user experience extremely, especially for developers and administrators.

Goal

• Multiple consoles
• Switch between Xserver and consoles

Status

Investigating

An initial basic prototype:

• Users have multiple virtual consoles, switching between them by pressing "Alt + Fn".
• /dev/console serves as the current active console, that is, any output via /dev/console will go to current active console.

To be investigated:

• virtual cosole interfaces
• the relationship between /dev/console and /dev/vtx
• greenline services, and virtual consoles number configuration
• device ownership and multiple users on console, and security/permission
• tty and controlling tty with a process/session
• milestones and single user
• check SPARC console
• switch between X and console

Documents

• Not Available.

Discussion

• Not Available.