X on tty1 in Rawhide/F10

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Tue Oct 28 13:43:37 UTC 2008


On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:28:36PM +0300, Dmitry Butskoy wrote:
>> It seems an insignificant use case to keep compatibility with X on  
>> tty7 compared to the benefits of progress--in this case one less VT  
>> change on bootup means less flicker and faster bootup. 
>
> I mean "X before console's tty" as well, but instead of "first X on  
> tty1, then consoles on tty2-6", I propose "first X on tty7, then  
> consoles on tty1-6". In other words, preserve both the compatibility and  
> the faster bootup.

The system boots up in tty1 first.  Having X change to tty7 is a VT 
change, hence flicker and delay.




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