linux man page for vga_lockvc

vga_lockvc(3)							Svgalib User Manual						     vga_lockvc(3)

NAME
       vga_lockvc - disables virtual console switching for safety

SYNOPSIS
       #include <vga.h>

       void vga_lockvc(void);

DESCRIPTION
       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.

SEE ALSO
       svgalib(7),   vgagl(7),	 libvga.config(5),   bg_test(6),   vga_oktowrite(3),	vga_runinbackground(3),    vga_runinbackground_version(3),
       vga_unlockvc(3),

AUTHOR
       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. 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 <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       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.

Svgalib (>;= 1.2.11)						   27 July 1997 						     vga_lockvc(3)