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

[Samuel Thibault]

Brian Potkin, le Tue 09 Sep 2014 13:31:27 +0100, a écrit :
> 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.

Ok, but why choosing that one, rather than 1 which is the default one
that one sees at boot without X?

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

I can understand that now, but people used to use startx won't.

Samuel