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

[Samuel Thibault]

Samuel Thibault, le Tue 09 Sep 2014 14:41:27 +0200, a écrit :
> 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:
> > > > 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?

Or put another way: what you will find on the internet about switching
back to the text console will most often be "press ctrl-alt-f1", not 6.

Samuel