Xorg running on vt2 - why?

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Since “forever” xorg has been running on vt7 - right now it’s running on vt2.

Has anything changed recently?

/usr/bin/Xorg.bin -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt2 …

I can’t find anything useful in /etc/sysconfig/

This is on tumbleweed + sddm + kde - nothing special.

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Yes, SDDM version changed. The vt is not configurable, it takes next available one.

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Thanks for the info.

I don’t understand the decision making in this.

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Mentioned here…

  • Important change: SDDM now uses the first free VT, it no longer prefers
    tty7 (the InitialVT option in 00-general.conf has no effect anymore)
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Guess where these changelogs come from?

rpm -q --changelog sddm
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Of course. Direct your reply to the OP :slight_smile:
Follow the mailing lists.

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I discovered this a while back, and it’s frustrating. For troubleshooting and such, you could rely on switching back-n-forth v1 to v7 and know for sure what to expect.

Now v7 has turned into “first available”, which is not predictable. Poor thought process to consider to change it.

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Yes, but, “SDDM_INITIAL_VT” has been introduced – <https://github.com/sddm/sddm/releases/tag/v0.20.0>

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SDDM_INITIAL_VT does not work · Issue #1650 · sddm/sddm · GitHub