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If so, this logic should (IMO) be changed to start +</I>>>>>>><i> searching from 1 that way it would relatively consistently start on +</I>>>>>>><i> vt1 even when restarted from tty2. +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>>><i> Col +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> have you been successfull with 2 user sessions? +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> As in logging out and back in again or with fast user switching? +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> The former has worked quite happily for me. Not tested the latter but I +</I>>>>><i> expect there to be some quirks. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Col +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> err, no, i mean 2 X sessions. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> often i have one KDE session running on vt8 and one for my wife on vt9 +</I>>>><i> and sometimes on for my daughter at vt10... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> OK, so fast user switching then. +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> the question is, with the prefdm only conflicting with the first getty, +</I>>>><i> will several X sessions be possible? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Yeah. They should, in theory at least, start on vt2 and vt3, tho' this +</I>>><i> may depend on the desktop itself. With GDM+Gnome the second session +</I>>><i> starts on tty2, the third on tty3 etc. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> There is a caveat however. If you have switched to tty2 before picking +</I>>><i> the "Login as another user" option, then autovt will have kicked in and +</I>>><i> started a getty there. It then "hogs" tty2 and prevents X from using it. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Of course if I manage to get my idea working, switching to tty2 when in +</I>>><i> graphical.target will actually give you a graphical login prompt anyway, +</I>>><i> so pretty much the same thing as picking the "Login as another user" +</I>>><i> option from within the first graphical session. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Col +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ic... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> i do hope we get some kind of vt that will always be tty? i do sometimes +</I>><i> require that, when getting too much load and OOM'ing... +</I> +Yeah I agree here. That's why I originally suggested keeping some TTY +for text use (tho' I do still think the primary focus on a graphical +setup should be for graphical login hence why tty1-8 (ish) should be IMO +reserved for graphical logins, with text only on 9+ or similar. I think +that's a good compromise, even if it's not what the greybeards expect (I +do still consider myself to be a greybeard in some ways too here! I hope +no one takes this as derogatory :D) + +><i> also, it'd be nice to have as possibility (in the dm) to start a tty session +</I>><i> instead of a graphical session (as an alternative) +</I> +While I don't necessarily disagree with this, I think it should be very +much de-emphasised. Not obvious for novice users, but something power +users could find. + +Take care + +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="012705.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012646.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12715">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12715">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12715">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12715">[ 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> |