[systemd-devel] Bug in systemd? Running X without a display manager

[Dave Reisner]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:17:08PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> I need some help with a problem.
> 
> I'm currently using Fedora 16, but without a display manager.  I log
> into a text-mode VT (usually tty1) and run startx manually.  The
> display uses tty7 and works fine.
> 
> But systemd isn't aware of it, or at least, isn't aware that my login 
> session now owns tty7.  For example, the devices labelled with the 
> "uaccess" tag have their ACLs adjusted so that I can't use them in the 
> graphical environment.  (When I switch back to a text-mode VT they work 
> fine.)
> 
> I'm not sure who to blame for this: systemd, dbus, or myself.  Still,
> it seems like this _ought_ to work okay.
> 
> Can anybody help?
> 
> Alan Stern
> 

You'll need to start X on the same VT that you logged in on. If it's
tty1, then:

startx -- vt01

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