On Tue, 20 May 2014 23:53:04 -0700 Marc Shapiro <marcns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been reading a lot of posts (here and in devel) about the > upcoming change to Systemd as the default init system in Jessie. I > came acrosss a post along the wasy that mentioned a debug option that > would open a root shell in vt9. This could cause a problem for me as > I always have an X session running in vt9 (as well as one on vt7 and > one on vt8). > > Yes, there are three X sessions always running on my system. Mine, > my wife's and my daughter's. All it takes is a Ctl-Alt-Fx to switch > between sessions so there is no need for all three of us to use a > single X session, or to log out and back in as a new user. Everything > is always just as I left it when I return to the computer, even if > both my wife and daughter have been using it for hours. > > > I accomplish this by using an alias for startx in each of our > logins. I use: > > alias startx='clear; startx -- :0 vt07' > > for myself, > > alias startx='clear; startx -- :1 vt08' > > for my wife, and > > alias startx='clear; startx -- :2 vt09' > > for my daughter. > > > So can anyone who is actually using Systemd now (I am still on > Wheezy, BTW) tell me if this is going to be an issue for me? Can I > do this once my box has been converted to Systemd? What about that > root login on vt9? > > Marc > > > The debug shell on vt9 is not active by default. You only want to enable that when you have boot problems, as it gives you a root shell without requiring any authentication. $ systemctl status debug-shell debug-shell.service - Early root shell on /dev/tty9 FOR DEBUGGING ONLY Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/debug-shell.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:sushell(8) But even if the debug shell is running, the X server can still start on vt9. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140521111050.6a9d1...@orac.fil