Re: detaching the Hurd console in qemu

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net> writes:

 > Hi,

 > is there a way other than ctrl+alt+backspace to detach the Hurd
 > console?  It seems qemu doesn't trap this (which is probably expected
 > as it's pretty lowlevel).  I know about Xorg's "nozap" option, but
 > maybe now that more and more people run the Hurd in qemu, the Hurd
 > console should get a backup or different key binding for detaching?
 > Or can you send it a signal maybe?

        I'm not closely following the Hurd development at present, but
        if one is to implement detaching on signal, the signal to be
        handled is, perhaps, SIGHUP.

        The key binding could be made customizable.