Provided the driver permits it, Xorg -notty will not create a VT on startup.
Currently this driver list includes dummy and qxl only.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net>
---
This seems to do the job, it restores the original behaviour by default, but
started with -notty the server skips the VT allocation provided all drivers
set HW_SKIP_CONSOLE.
hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c | 7 ++++++-
hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
index 1695dbf..c266be3 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
#ifdef XF86PM
void (*xf86OSPMClose) (void) = NULL;
#endif
-static Bool xorgHWOpenConsole = FALSE;
+static Bool xorgHWOpenConsole = TRUE;
/* Common pixmap formats */
@@ -1455,6 +1455,11 @@ ddxProcessArgument(int argc, char **argv, int i)
return 1;
}
+ if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-notty")) {
+ xorgHWOpenConsole = FALSE;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
/* OS-specific processing */
return xf86ProcessArgument(argc, argv, i);
}
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man b/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
index 0cd5a10..7d77afd 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
+++ b/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).
.TP 8
.B \-nosilk
Disable Silken Mouse support.
+.TP8
+.B \-notty
+If supported by the driver, do not allocate a VT. If one ore more drivers
+require a VT, this flag has no effect.
.TP 8
.B \-novtswitch
Disable the automatic switching on X server reset and shutdown to the
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