On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not quite sure how to call this issue, maybe that's the reason, why > I couldn't find anything on google nor in the bugtracker :(. > > I'm using the X server with GDM (Gnome), which is attached to Ctrl+Alt > +F7 (btw: How do you call this?) during startup. Pretty normal. But as > soon as I restart the X server (using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but it doesn't > matter) the X server gets attached to the next free "combo", which is > quite obviously Ctrl+Alt+F8, whereas Ctrl+Alt+F7 shows just a blinking > cursor. > > Interestingly this just happens once, so restarting the X server doesn't > change anything, it stays attached to Ctrl+Alt+F8. > > I guess this could be known by some of you, I've experienced this on > different machines already, but due to the fact that I don't know how to > call this issue, I couldn't find any work-around. > > So, first of all I would like to know, whether you can reproduce this? > > Secondly I would like to know where the consoles are set up, so I can > set up a seventh console, so the X server will get started on Ctrl+Alt > +F8 in the first place. This has a different reason. My F8 key has a LCD > printed on it (as it is also a function key to switch the output between > the LCD and an attached monitor), so this would be a cool thing ;). But > I don't know whether this would fix my main issue, or if the X server > would then be shifted to Ctrl+Alt+F9. These screens are called "VTs" or sometimes "TTYs". If you want an extra console, see /etc/inittab and look for the lines which start /sbin/agetty. If you just want to make GDM always start on the same one, that should be possible by writing on one of GDM's config files. I don't use GDM myself, but if you can find the file that controls how GDM starts X, you can add vt08 on the end of the X server command line, and it will know to start on tty8 (Ctrl+Alt+F8).
