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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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As I said in an earlier +thread, if the primary use case of the machine is graphical, then why +start at 7? It's an arbitrary choice that fitted in with other uses when +it was first introduced, but these days it's pretty backwards when +considered on it's own. The only reason to preserve it is out of habit +and I think that this is (generally speaking) the worst possible premise +to base decisions on. I mean, if we want to let people use fast user +switching easily they first have to learn first about vt switch command +ctrl+alt+Fn. Then they have to learn that the first login is on 7 and +the subsequent ones are on 8 etc. This doesn't make sense... + +What *should* happen is that the first one is 1.. the second one is 2 etc. + +When I'm in gnome, and I switch to tty2 for the first time, rather than +getty appearing wouldn't it be better if the gdm prompt appeared for a +second graphical login? + +I'm not suggesting that we ditch text logins completely, but I'm just +saying that we should try and make things generally smoother if they +user has already opted for a graphical system. + +Switching to e.g. 7 or 8 should maybe default to providing a text login +and gdm should maybe present a "give me a text login" option in which +case that X server quits and getty replaces it. + +Anything unused should timeout and quit (e.g. a getty on tty2 unused +should exit and wait and be re-activated as appropriate later. + +All these things are possible (maybe not without upstream support, but I +can ask Ray about the general plans here from a gdm perspective). + + +Just for reference this is how the seat extender USB things work. Little +thin clients that you plug into USB that give you a keyboard mouse and +display. When you plug it in for the first time, it registers a new seat +and then gives you a gdm login prompt. I don't think mutli user should +be much different from multi-seat in this regard. + +><i> BTW, I know fedora uses vt1 for X, but what about other distros, e.g. +</I>><i> Ubuntu/Debian? +</I> +I don't think they default to it but plenty people try to change it to +that according to Google. + + +Col + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010633.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: X11 now starts on tty1 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010642.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: X11 now starts on tty1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10635">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10635">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10635">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10635">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |