Bug 1879 - Option "DontVTSwitch" have no Effect
Summary: Option "DontVTSwitch" have no Effect
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: 6.8.1
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
: lowest normal
Assignee: Ivan Pascal
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Reported: 2004-11-22 02:44 UTC by Helmut Fahrion
Modified: 2005-07-11 17:14 UTC (History)
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Description Helmut Fahrion 2004-11-22 02:44:01 UTC 
Option  "DontVTSwitch"  "on" have no effect, it's same as "off". 
 
You can't disable the console switching. 
I have fix it with a hack in 
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_kbd.c.
Comment 1 Helmut Fahrion 2004-11-22 02:48:15 UTC 
Please tell me if you will see the patch to fix the problem.
Comment 2 Chris Lee 2005-07-04 16:51:13 UTC 
Can you attach the patch you mentioned?
Comment 3 Adam Jackson 2005-07-13 03:14:44 UTC 
looks like it's fixed in head since long ago:

http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_kbd.c?r1=1.2&r2=1.3

so, closing

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