Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le lundi 16 novembre 2009 à 13:55 +0100, Harald Braumann a écrit : >>> Just because it is a tradition doesn’t mean it’s the correct way. >> So far I haven't seen any argument as to why it shouldn't be the correct >> way. > > It’s broken because: > * there are race conditions in the way VTs are allocated; > * text consoles are statically allocated, which means there are > too many for some users and not enough for some others; > * the display manager should run on the first VT. >
Stupid user viewpoint. There is an order to the VTs? I always thought it was just a 1:1 mapping from the F# keys to tty#. I've never used tty1. My first console session is always tty3, then tty4, then tty2, and I don't generally go beyond that. Also note that when GDM is brought up, it never mentions which tty[that I've noticed I could be wrong certainly once you are logged in there is no indication] it is on so if it started on the 'first available' you would have no idea how to get back to it if you leave it except randomly guessing. So there is a value in knowing where it will be. If it were to randomly shift to tty1 that would strike as change for the sake of change. I suppose I would eventually grow used to it, but what's the point? > > X is not always on the same tty. It is only if you use an antiquity like > xdm. Even with startx, tty allocation is dynamic. > Occasionally X gets on a different tty after it has crashed or occasionally even after it has been restarted. In the past I have literally rebooted the computer to fix this problem... Travis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org