vga_lockvc(3vga)

vga_lockvc3vga

Disables virtual console switching for safety

Part of vga_lockvc(3).

Usage

#include <vga.h>

void vga_lockvc(void);

Overview

Disables virtual console switching for safety. Recommended when doing register I/O or low-level device handling. Used by mouse functions. Also useful in conjunction with background running.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

  1. 2.0–3.0

Author

This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <[email protected]>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of the original documentation is unknown.

It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm Hanemaayer <[email protected]>.

Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to this first version of the svgalib manual.

From svgalibg1-dev 1:1.4.3-7 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.