Am 17.12.2011 11:26, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: > 2011/12/17 Sander Lepik <sander.le...@eesti.ee>: >> 17.12.2011 12:10, Wolfgang Bornath kirjutas: >>> I really beg to think the whole matter over again, at least until it is >>> mature enough to be implemented in cauldron for practical test. >> People will get used to it rather fast. > May be yes, may be no. I'm thinking about those computer adepts who > have spent 10-15 years with the Ctrl-Alt-F1 combo, is it so easy to > change a grown habit which is like the "Red = Stop!" paradigma? I'm > thinking also about all those who spend time with different distros, > having to change one of the most common procedures just for Mageia. > I'm thinking of rather new Linuxers who follow advice in documentation > - ALL docs on the net talk about Ctrl-Alt-F1, all generic books like > Linux in a Nutshell or others talk about Ctrl-Alt-F1. > > So, my question is whether a second's flickering during startup really > justifies such a strong change? > Well, maybe you haven't heard of the related problems yet: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#Xserver_crashes So what would be better: desktop session crashing when you press the enter key or ttys available on different keys?
How hard is it to just press a different key or keep switching until you hit a tty? That's what i do when i forget on which key the damn x session was to get back to it. :) Which is also differing between distros, some have x session on tty 1, some on 7 and Mandriva/Mageia since some time on 8, due to plymouth and the handover to the DM, IIRC.