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Old 12-02-2010
vt switching
greetings,

i hope this hasn't been covered previously. has anyone heard of a .kext or daemon that would allow linux or (open)solaris-like vt switching? googling didn't help much..

i know os x allows a '>console' login from loginwindow.app, but i'm mainly interested in this because there are no usable full-screen terminal emulators for os x which are able to run *alongside* the windowing system. there is a simbl plugin called 'mega zoom' which allows windows (e.g. those of terminal.app) to fill the screen, but even a scroll bar can become awfully distracting. visor is cool for short commands, but the full screen mode is just as bad. iterm comes closest, but it struggles with accented characters.

thanks,
bamdad
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kextunload

KEXTUNLOAD(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					     KEXTUNLOAD(8)

NAME

     kextunload -- terminates objects and unloads code associated with a kernel extension

SYNOPSIS

     kextunload [-b bundle_id] ...  [-c class_name] ...  [-h] [-p] [ -v [0-6] | -q ] [ extension ] ...

DESCRIPTION

     The kextunload program is used to terminate and unregister I/O Kit objects associated with a kernel extension (kext) and to unload the code
     and personalities for that kext.  In order to unload a kext kextunload must be invoked as the superuser.

     If another loaded kext has a dependency on a kext being unloaded, the unload will fail.  You can determine whether a kext has dependents
     using the kextstat(8) tool.

     kextunload is a formal interface for unloading kexts in the Darwin OS and in Mac OS X.  Software and installers can rely on its presence and
     invoke it in order to unload kexts.

     The arguments and options available are these:

     extension
	      The pathname of a kext to unload.  All instances of classes associated with the kext are terminated, and personalities and code are
	      unloaded from the kernel.

     -b bundle_id
	      Unload code and personalities for the kext whose CFBundleIdentifier is bundle_id.

     -c class_name
	      Terminate all instances of class class_name if possible but do not unload code or personalities.	New load requests for devices
	      driven by these instances may result in the same class being instantiated at any time.

     -h       Print a help message describing each option flag.

     -m bundle_id
	      Same as -m (remains for backward compatibility).

     -p       Don't remove personalities when unloading (unnecessary when using the -c option).  New load requests for devices driven by the kext
	      may result in the same kext being loaded at any time.

     -q       Quiet mode; print no informational or error messages.  This option excludes -v.

     -v [0-6]
	      Verbose mode; print information about the kext scanning and loading process (note that this is generally not useful when unloading).
	      See the man page for kextload(8) to see what each verbose level prints.  This option excludes - q .

DIAGNOSTICS

     kextunload exits with a zero status upon success, or prints an error message and exits with a nonzero status upon failure.  An error when
     multiple kexts are being unloaded causes kextunload to exit immediately, so that some kexts may remain unloaded even if they could have been
     unloaded without error.

BUGS

     The results of unload requests as given by the kernel don't allow for determining the reason for a failure, such as that the kext wasn't
     loaded or that another kext has a dependency on it.  You can check these conditions using kextstat(8).

SEE ALSO

     kextcache(8), kextd(8), kextload(8), kextstat(8)

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