Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again
> (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server
> to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried
> it I ended up with two X servers, one on VT 7 and one on VT 8!
> I had to reboot to clean things up. This situation is a mess and
> seems to be getting worse. As long as you login to GNOME only once
> per boot and shutdown the system from GNOME you won't have this
> problem. The initial allocation of VT 7 after a reboot works fine.
> But if you logout of GNOME after logging in, you're likely to have
> this problem. It doesn't seem to fail all the time, though. Perhaps
> it is a timing-related problem.
I've noticed this too lately, although i use the nvidia driver created
by module assistant.
I wonder if anyone not using the nv or nvidia driver also see this?
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