> > Incidentally, X uses the next free tty. So if you have > > 'getty's up to tty11, X will be on tty12.
> I was under the impression that X had tty7 hardcoded > into it (or was that xdm?) I don't think it's hard-coded because I've had X running on tty8 before and don't know how or why it was there. As long as I've been using Linux, it's always been on tty7 and I could hit "Crtl-Alt-F7" without looking. I did it and all I got was a flashing cursor... tried it again and made sure I was hitting "F7". Still no X. Tried "F8" and there it was. Regards Hall