Bug#760917: logind: ReserveVT does not work for Xorg

[Brian Potkin]

On Tue 09 Sep 2014 at 13:22:11 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> Samuel Thibault, le Tue 09 Sep 2014 13:21:05 +0200, a écrit :
> > Ansgar Burchardt, le Tue 09 Sep 2014 13:19:04 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > ReserveVT=
> > > >            Takes a positive integer. Configures the number of one virtual
> > >                                                                 ^^^
> > > 
> > > It reserves *one* VT for a getty (i.e. only vt6), not the range 1-6.
> > 
> > Uh, my bad.
> > 
> > Then I don't understand why the default value is 6. What is the use of
> > it being 6?  This is what has mislead me.
> 
> I meant: the documented value in the sample logind.conf file.

The default NAutoVTs is 6 so my guess is that ReserveVT=6 simply because
it is the highest number a getty can be run on. Also, with Debian,
gdm/kdm/lightdm take possession of VT7.

I think the term "subsystem" is more to be associated with something like
fast user switching and a DM ather than with X itself.