Comment # 50 on bug 1020283 from Takashi Iwai

(In reply to Thiago Macieira from comment #49)
> (In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #45)
> > Does it happen when you boot in the mode without X, i.e. pass "3" to boot
> > option to runlevel 3?
> 
> Yes, it does. I've just tested it.

OK.

> (In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #48)
> > The question is why it's on VT-7.  It's a VT where usually X runs.  The VT
> > switch happens by the display manager service as well even without plymouth.
> > 
> > The fact that it happens by kernel update might be merely a coincidence, if
> > it's about a race among VT switches.
> 
> A race between what? What else is running besides plymouth at boot time,
> before the root filesystem is mounted?

systemd.

One question is: was the password input always on VT7 in the past, too?