[BRLTTY] Linux console hacking (was: Re: Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux)

Halim Sahin halim.sahin at freenet.de
Sat Mar 28 11:17:22 UTC 2026


Hi Nicolas,

Am Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:48:04PM -0400, schrieb Nicolas Pitre:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026, Halim Sahin wrote:
> 
> > Hi Nicolas,
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 09:45:19PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > This is now available in kernels v6.18.20 or later, v6.19.10 or later, 
> > > and the upcoming v7.0.
> > 
> > Just wondering if that will continue to work if  switching to kmscon and
> > distros then could  unset config_vt in the kernel.
> 
> As far as I know, kmscon was largely developed around 2012–2014 but 
> became mostly unmaintained after that. It was never widely adopted in 
> major distributions.

That was right but the development started again.
Please read this:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Approved-KMSCON

Regards
Halim



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