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Re: Xorg replaces TTY1



Le 22.11.2015 10:51, Bert Riding a écrit :

On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:40:01 +0100, berenger.morel wrote:


Hello.
There is a behavior change I noticed when I switched to Jessie, which 
have always annoyed me but that I never tried to resolve.

The change is that now, when I use startx on TTY1, Xorg replaces the
TTY. I understand that it is not a problem for 99% of users, but I
would like to know how to configure Debian to stay with the old
behavior (aka: start Xorg on TTY 7+).
Do someone have any clue about how to do that?

Thanks.

PS: I am not registed on this list, so please CC me.
I too am not a fan of the new behavior. X now runs on the terminal from which it is started, so to run it on tty7 you must run a getty on tty7 
and log in there first.  Do this by editing /etc/inittab (if using
init) or /etc/systemd/logind.conf (if using systemd.)
Until the last month or so it was possible to use "startx -- tty24" to 
run X on tty24, accessed by AltGr-F12, for instance.  This also no
longer works.  I now have tty24 listed as my ReserveVT in logind.conf
so that a getty is run there and I can login and then run startx.
There are undoubtedly other ways (like screen, perhaps) to open the tty 
you prefer.


I see.
But this trick won't prevent the me to be able to see what X11 print on screen, right? This is the reason I do not like this behavior. Like, for example, "/home/foo/.xinitrc: numlockx: not found", "failing to find font foo, falling back to bar", etc. Those messages that people not using big DEs can wish to access to (again, I know this is not the majority).
Also, note that there is absolutely nothing about that in Debian release notes for Jessie. I tried to find something on the web about it too, but was never able to find anything relevant. I guess I did not used the good search terms.
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