[systemd-devel] Keeping console messages on VT1

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Henrik /KaarPoSoft at 02/10/12 20:13 did gyre and gimble:
> Yes, I can now manage to have all messages on tty1, and login on
> tty2,3,etc.
> 
> However, GDM 3.4.1 still puts an X11 server on tty1.
> Presumably because it is not "busy", as nothing is running there.
> GDM once had a FirstVT config option, but it seems gone now.
> 
> Anyways I guess that GDM is Off Topic, so I shall not persue it further
> here...

The general plan here is that Graphical DEs should use tty1 through 5
for user logins (more than 5 is relatively unlikely) whereas 6 is
reserved for text.

Now days gdm.service (or even prefdm.service before it in at least
Fedora and (because we nicked it) Mageia will actively conflict with
getty at tty1.service to prevent a text console appearing there. As
getty at tty{2,3,4,5}.service are only started "on demand" these days, if a
second gdm is spawned later it should just use tty2 (unless you've
manually switched to it already and triggered a getty to startup.

HTHs

Col


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