Moving X from VT7 to VT12

[Tom H]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:05 PM, sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:29:24 -0700, Shentino wrote:
>
>> I unfortunately already learned this the hard way.
>>
>> am I completely SOL if I want to move X to a different VT?
>>
>> It's almost like it's hard coded and can't be changed.  I've looked at
>> every friggin config file I can find.
>>
>> If someone knows for sure that I'm on a wild goose chase, please end my
>> misery.
>>
>> I've considered escalating this issue to developers, since standard
>> support channels have been completely unfruitful.
>>
>
> It is hardcoded:
>
> From Ubuntu gdm patch:05_initial_server_on_vt7.patch
>
> /* HACK: force initial server to go on vt7, since 1 to 6 usually get
> +         * gettys after gdm startup, which interfere with X */
> +       firstserver = access ("/var/run/gdm/firstserver.stamp", F_OK) < 0;
>
>         /* fork X server process */
> -        res = gdm_server_spawn (server, NULL);
> +        res = gdm_server_spawn (server, firstserver ? "vt7" : NULL);

Many thanks for this.

I like the text with the original patch: "Force initial X server to go
to tty7 instead of tty1. This is an Ugly Hack until we have a cleaner
solution." And that was when Karmic was in development! And since
then, it's just been renamed so there hasn't been a "cleaner"
solution...