Re: Xorg replaces TTY1
On Mon 23 Nov 2015 at 20:06:06 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 11/22/2015 02:56 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
> >On 2015-11-22 at 15:24, Brian wrote:
> >
> >>startx -- vt7
> >
> >That requires specifying it by hand every time startx is run. As I
> >indicated, that is unacceptable; I don't have to specify the VT manually
> >every time I lanch X now in order to get the current behavior, and I
> >shouldn't have to specify it manually at every launch in order get that
> >behavior after a change of the default.
> >
> >Where/how would it be possible to specify this in a config file, so that
> >it can be set-and-forget if desired?
> >
> >(Leaving aside the fact that setting it explicitly in a config file
> >wouldn't replicate current behavior in the scenario where multiple
> >instances of X are launched on the same machine; I've had X open on vt7
> >and vt8 at the same time, previously, with no manual VT specifying
> >involved. That's something I do rarely enough that it won't affect me
> >personally, however; it's just something whose loss I'd find annoying in
> >principle.)
> >
> My box always has three X sessions going at the same time (still on Wheezy).
> I use an alias to set the vt. The value of the alias is determined by who
> is logged on and running startx:
>
> for me:
> alias startx='clear; startx -- :0 vt07'
>
> for my wife:
> alias startx='clear; startx -- :1 vt08'
>
> for my daughter:
> alias startx='clear; startx -- :2 vt09'
>
> I sincerely hope that, if and when I update to Jessie, this behavior will
> still be available as this allows any one of us to sit down at the computer
> and with a fixed keystroke combination get to our own X session, while not
> requiring that we logon to a fixed console.
This behaviour is available on Jessie.
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