On Sun 25 October 2009 02:09:55 pm Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > By any chance, did you install a package called "desktop-base" during > > your last upgrade? I'm not certain that this is the correct package name, > > but I recall installing a package that caused kdm to ignore the kdmrc > > file and read, instead, a file installed in the /etc/default directory. > > After installing it a couple of times I finally learned to avoid it. > > > > HTH > > > > cmr > > This was a god idea, but sadly not the reason. I agree with you, that some > package might be responsible for this. As I set in kdmrc a negative number > for vt, it takes the highest non used terminal by the kernel. > > I tried to set vt=7 in kdmrc, and yes, that worked. X then is on vt7. But > this thing I knew before. > > What I want to find out more is, why debian is suddenly changing the use of > tty7 and tty8. > > I still found no way, to find out what processes need tty7 and 8, ps did > tell nothing. I still found out, that debian-desktop changed initrd-image, > another point, that the kernel seems something to do with this behaviour. > > Obviously only few people seem to know, what is causing this. I googled a > little bit, and vt9 seem to be used in other distributions, too. > > On the other hand, a friend of mine is using sid/amd64, too, and his X is > running on vt7. Really weired.... > > Anyway, as it is not a bug at all, it is not serious, but it would be just > nice to know, what is happening. > > > Cheers > > Hans
Hans, I agree this is curious and, like you, I would want to learn the cause. Since you've already tried `ps` without success, my next and last idea probably won't help either, but have you taken a look at /etc/inittab and the getty lines? Cheers! cmr -- Debian 'Etch' - Registered Linux User #241964 -------- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
