joerg@britannica.bec.de said:
> The only device the X server has native access to is the PCI device
> and wsdisplay is a child of that.

By "I/O devices" I thought of keyboard/mouse/tablet/joystick
which it accesses through their own drivers.

> A setup where no text mode VT is present is IMO broken

I don't think so. There are many ways to set up a system,
in particular for embedded/mobile use.

best regards
Matthias




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