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Re: how to change default X teminal to tty9 ,etc ?



On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, cwinl wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i used to install debian in chroot.
> someone tell me that i should turn the chroot default X terminal to tty9 against original tty7.
> i had watched chroot debian's /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file,but cant found the vt7 and so on.
> i changed 'irstVT=7' to 'FirstVT=9' but it doesn't work.
> X terminal is always tty7.
> i'm confused how to finish it.

Hi,
X -session is always running on the first free/unused console
       "and display its output there." (man console)

So you have to add (standard is 6 used plus the last one free) some.

Starting point is:
	man console
	man ttys
	man inittab (see /etc/inittab)
	man getty
	man mknod
	man ttys

Oliver
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