Ok, I rebooted and dug around a bit. When I boot up, when gdm starts I go to vt1 and see it initially starts on tty7: $ ps auxww | grep [/]usr/bin/X root 1329 0.4 0.4 135052 17908 tty7 Ss+ 11:19 0:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-hUHdva/database -nolisten tcp vt7 $ sudo lsof -p 1329 | grep tty Xorg 1329 root 6u CHR 4,7 0t0 4611 /dev/tty7
If I go to vt7, I see the gdm prompt. When I try to login with gdm, gdm restarts on tty8: $ ps auxww | grep [/]usr/bin/X root 3759 4.9 0.8 153928 33828 tty8 Ss+ 11:22 0:16 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-eigZMv/database -nolisten tcp $ sudo lsof -p 3759 | grep tty Xorg 3759 root 7r CHR 4,8 0t0 4612 /dev/tty8 If I now go to vt7, I see boot messages like: * Starting Commun Unix Printing System: cupsd [OK] But after all the boot messages, the last thing I see is (leading space intended): * Checking battery state... ^]88888888888888;◆◆◆◆◆^]8888;◆◆◆◆◆^\◆ -- gdm restarts on initial login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626723 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
