X on tty1 in Rawhide/F10

shmuel siegel fedora at shmuelhome.mine.nu
Tue Oct 28 13:44:33 UTC 2008


Dan Nicholson wrote:
> Why is it significant what tty any program runs on? Isn't the
> assumption that getty will be on tty1 just as faulty as the assumption
> X will be on tty7?
>
> --
> Dan
>   
Because you are changing a user interface. What is going to happen when 
the user switches to tty1 and nothing happens? The basic logic of 
putting X on tty7 is to get it out of the way. Humans will use the 
lowest numbered ttys first. Besides breaking existing documentation, 
including advice on various forums, is not a good idea.




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