Reasons to preseve X on tty7
Jeremy Katz
katzj at redhat.com
Wed Oct 29 20:23:16 UTC 2008
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 14:44 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 02:33:00PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> >>> The 7th is "nobody should care what tty X is on". Indeed, why are
> >>> people so upset that it has changed? Its not an argument for or
> >>> against, its an argument that this thread shouldn't be taking place at
> >>> all.
> >> How do you get back once you have switched to a text vt?
> >
> > Hit alt-F* until you find where X is?
>
> Thanks, I would never have thought of that. That will save lots of time.
Given the non-determinism already X being able to grab a tty, I already
play the "hit alt-F* until I find X" and have had to for a long time.
Jeremy
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