Bug#966414: general: After upgrade to testing, VT1 is no longer usuable

To: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>, 966414@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#966414: general: After upgrade to testing, VT1 is no longer usuable
From: Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:34:11 +0900
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Reply-to: Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>, 966414@bugs.debian.org
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> is there any chance to get my VT 1 back, i.e. this fixed before the
> release of bullseye?

>From the explanations given by Simon I don't see a way how this could
work out. Sddm cannot enable getty on tty1, because this would conflict
with say gdm in case the admin decides to switch to gdm.

This is probably up to a Debian-wide policy decision on what ttty needs
to be used by DMs, and how other ttys are handled.

But that will surely not happen til bullseye release.

But this is just IMHO.

Best

Norbert

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