[Mageia-dev] A note on autologin and startx

Fri Apr 6 18:14:04 CEST 2012

Hi,
+
+OK, so the autologin package was a bit broken. I've fixed it up but my
+patches are a bit hacky.
+
+My patch always assumes tty1+vt1 for X which is a reasonable assumption.
+It might however be better to get the current tty by reading
+/sys/class/tty/tty0/active or calling ctermid(). This would have to be
+passed through to the startx command as a vt number.
+
+Overall, however, the autologin code is pretty broken. I *should*
+register a graphical login after starting X (the same way gdm does it),
+that way it will remain active and there won't be vt switch related issues.
+
+
+Also, as per previous discussions, I've made startx reuse the current
+tty when starting x (if you don't supply a vtN argument) which should
+keep the login permissions. It's still a bit fugly, but it's better than
+not working at all IMO.
+
+Col
+
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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