From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69B7D1382C5 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83D3EE09CA; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf1-x132.google.com (mail-lf1-x132.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::132]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F71FE0956 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-x132.google.com with SMTP id s26so6428516lfc.8 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 07:36:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gfnj8uRmvv20xfuRU6ZAu9CjX7TBu0qNQlk/SRklj34=; b=jnE5EdeOP1xwPaiy75BPBMO3/0FORdO8JWKDOMDGw6MF526bgIuTFf9J4rvSRRQU62 /cBR3A6hUia/3Miae3Llk+ZDMfCv4WGsU0zP8KxrkZef1xrZFTilZKGC2S7cQ3a6w+aO 85teUl6mnNGiibXHLRlcatc82JaQ42BqzfZF8Z/tCH8Kof+kEmlRKHvkXzV63jEmqU0w klDBxwIDmrprUgHvU7nERkTnnG7YuGra+SmdSszHCUqdPP22z9/R4iGlpzaHHnFEQtF8 ZtvJU8+MWyvzEXnm17i6hB6ud/zuYYgbK+q+NJDVSmak4S+f003G2lRyoXbclbKQiElS wwBQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gfnj8uRmvv20xfuRU6ZAu9CjX7TBu0qNQlk/SRklj34=; b=f9x5TBDisHoDcKeUqNMAYeutAtnC/JNAyHDyY7rKQAWgNDeczDY4B65ainPIfhloGn a4CyldhSs4TkCSce/9LFO7mAmKlwfnR8+aPbxlpXbcEhZCFkzrAhBRvBKc7Xk6fMd81r He3PUblvJNkzdiuLgOOhm3ligYifJHF9tk5uywyDRwobnDa5Xc3g+p/c7XZ1GMXqBR7h 2LNpug5NFluWNZECu+hNmeXbnuH13ncAnt5YBMxEoTPDSg/uGJhoqy6U9FaWxmQ1dMww H32AbcbobqZL7RFlZKnjsIfmpkwOf/nCoeW6FxVDs85Xy9a/bhdwChMHY0X1uS21kTZP n95Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533rI25Bbjl13i+k5r/VG8vKkwi8MYbkmuayeH8QbpySfcH6bbWW anwfElvo1U3Z8YAHy1oHfque9JxTWsk/v+dtYTIJLV4teMc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxBPjMGq02oNhXIhrt/lVyD8B0wo+vkSKyxtD3Xy7xeVOuBc3Bc66XdwYCOvExU+kAKaeX3jPNOeoAo3tTB+gc= X-Received: by 2002:a19:d86:: with SMTP id 128mr1804181lfn.317.1608305778642; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 07:36:18 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: gevisz Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:31:26 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XWindow appearing in a non-graphical tty. A bug or feature? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 1df57802-230c-4728-b85b-ea56ddc64d69 X-Archives-Hash: eead702c76856cf09d11466ca2d96d6c =D0=BF=D1=82, 18 =D0=B4=D0=B5=D0=BA. 2020 =D0=B3. =D0=B2 17:22, Grant Edwar= ds : > > On 2020-12-18, gevisz wrote: > > > During the last 22 years, I got used to the setting > > when the XWindow system appeared on one of > > the "graphical" virtual terminals, mostly on tty6 or tty7. > > > > However, after installing a new Gentoo system with > > gentoo-kernel, I found out that the XWindow system > > started to appear in the same tty, where I started it > > using the startx command, shadowing all that was > > typed there including the messages from the xorg-server. > > > > So, I just wonder: "Is it a bug or a feature?" > > IIRC, this happened as part of the switch to running the X server as a > normal user instead of as root. As a normal user, you only "own" the > tty you logged in on, so that's the one used by X. > > > And where exactly can one configure it? > > I assume that if you switch back to running X as root, you get the old > behavior of the X server running on tty6/7/whatever. I don't know if > there's a way to get that behavior while still running non-root X. > Ok, thank you for the answer, I think that I could do with the new behaviour. :)