Örn Hansen skrev:
måndag 23 februari 2004 23:12 skrev Terje J. Hanssen:
What is the vt_number and what is the purpose of it? Is it SuSE/KDE thing, as I haven't seen it used for Unix/Linux/X in general? I think I read some place that vt07 is used for the standard console X display :0 but cannot find where it was. That is, is there a relationship between the X :display_sequence_number and the vt_number? Is two vt_numbers used for each X server as you use X :2 - vt09 and X :3 - vt11? What is your third CDE session, eg X :4 - vt13 or ?
Virtual consoles, is a thingie that dates back to Xenix. Linux specifies the first 6 consoles, virtual ttys and you can switch between these on your console with Alt-F1-F6, just as you did with Xenix. However, XFree implementation requires a bound terminal for Input, and it is bound to the first "free" virtual terminal, which is no. 7, and then the next X will be 8, and so forth.
Good to have the Linux's and XFree's historical roots in place :-) If I have understood things right, starting X without use of vt_no will work as well. Starting additional X servers in addition to the default, can be selected with Ctrl(?)-Alt-F8, -F9 and so further. With vt-no it is possible to "bind" the Xservers to the prefered F-keys beyond this order, right? Terje