Thanks for the info. Your solution works but I remember seeing the "proper" way of doing it in the /etc/X11 config files (done by some sys admin). It was called "OpenVT" or something but I can't remember and want to know the "pure" solution, being a perfectionist :)
thanks, pesarif On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:18, Clive Crous wrote: > I needed something similar, > it seems (?) that X starts up on the first _free_ vt, > so what I did was, I edited /etc/initab > and commented out the mingetty on vt5 (that's where i wanted X) > and left in 6 thru 7 .. > I now have x running successfully on 5, and normal text tty logins > on 1 thru 4 and 6 thru 7 on bootup > > > Clive Crous > > -----Original Message----- > From: pesarif [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:14 PM > To: > Subject: [Xpert]Starting X on a particular VT > > > > Hi! > > Does anyone know how to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config AND /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > (I use both XFree 3.3.6 and XFree 4.x.x) so that I can specify what VT X > starts up on? > > By default, it starts up on number 7 (Mandrake 8.0) but I want it to start > up > on number 2. > > What I mean by VT is "Virtual Terminal" -- press CTRL+ALT+F2 for VT2 :) > > Thanks! > pesarif > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
