Re: How: Start X without changing to its VT automatically? (-novtswitch seem not to work)

[Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@xxxxxxx>]

Since you're asking questions about Xorg, have you considered the Xorg
mailing lists at xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

Xorg != XFree86

	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith@xxxxxxx
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

Martin Nordholts wrote:
> Bump
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> or
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> If I would like an answer to this question, where should I turn?
>
> Many thanks,
>   Martin Nordholts
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>
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> Martin Nordholts skrev:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to start X without changing to the VT the X server is started on
> > (e.g. vt8), but I can't get it to work. X -help gives this:
> >
> > martin@martin-laptop:~$ Xorg -help
> > use: X [:<display>] [option]
> > -a #                   mouse acceleration (pixels)
> > -ac                    disable access control restrictions
> > [...]
> > -novtswitch            don't immediately switch to new VT
> > -sharevts              share VTs with another X server
> >
> > And -novtswitch obviously looks good for this, but it only appears to
> > work when I kill the started X server. Without the flag, it
> > automatically switches back to the primary X server (vt7) when it is
> > killed, whereas with that option, I have to switch back to vt7 manually.
> >
> > In case it matters, here's X -version:
> >
> > martin@martin-laptop:~$ X -version
> >
> > X Window System Version 7.1.1
> > Release Date: 12 May 2006
> > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
> > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15.7 i686
> > Current Operating System: Linux martin-laptop 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP
> > Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686
> > Build Date: 07 July 2006
> >         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> >         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> > Module Loader present
> > martin@martin-laptop:~$
> >
> > Have I misunderstood something?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >   Martin Nordholts
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