Hello Christian Perrier wrote the following on 15.11.2009 07:13
> Quoting Kurt Roeckx (k...@roeckx.be): > >>> * I don't think we need more than 2 of these. They are still >>> useful for servers or when some disaster happens in the GUI, but >>> who opens 6 console sessions nowadays? >> I still have 12 console sessions open, and use screen to have >> more of them. > > > I hardly think this is Joe Random User's setup..:-) > > Not considering the technical backgorund (which is of course an easy > stance), it could be really interesting to have *by default* the > default X session on tty1, when a display manager is used, and > something like 2 other console sessions on tty2 and tty3. That would break *all* "How to fix my broken X11" on the net. Really bad especial for those who need them most - newbees. ALT-CTRL-F7 is somewhat of a standard. > Of course, if no *dm is used, then the system should logically default > to N consoles with the first one on tty1. I'd say that N should, in > such case, be greater than 2. $ grep "ACTIVE_CONSOLES" /etc/default/console-setup ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]" I really wonder what else is needed then this? As long as this setting isn't going to be overwritten by some other software i fine it all. -- bye Thilo 4096R/0xC70B1A8F 721B 1BA0 095C 1ABA 3FC6 7C18 89A4 A2A0 C70B 1A8F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org