How: Start X without changing to its VT automatically? (-novtswitch seem not to work)

Enselic · 03-08-2007, 02:12 PM

Hello,

I want to start X without changing to the VT the X server is started on (e.g. vt8), but I can't get it to work. X -help gives this:

Code:

martin@martin-laptop:~$ Xorg -help
use: X [:<display>] [option]
-a #                   mouse acceleration (pixels)
-ac                    disable access control restrictions
[...]
-novtswitch            don't immediately switch to new VT
-sharevts              share VTs with another X server

And -novtswitch obviously looks good for this, but it only appears to work when I kill the started X server. Without the flag, it automatically switches back to the primary X server (vt7) when it is killed, whereas with that option, I have to switch back to vt7 manually.

X -version

Code:

martin@martin-laptop:~$ X -version

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15.7 i686 
Current Operating System: Linux martin-laptop 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 07 July 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
martin@martin-laptop:~$

Anyone know what I can do/if this is possible?

teckk · 03-10-2007, 09:27 PM

Googled these

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ope...ficial&fr=moz2
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ser...x-servers.html
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ticket/4043
http://www.google.com/search?q=multi...en-US:official

Enselic · 03-11-2007, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

Googled these

[...]

Well thank you, but I wasn't asking how to switch between vt:s...

I am asking how to start an X server without automatically being moved to the VT it starts on.

teckk · 03-11-2007, 08:44 AM

Ok, I see,
You want to startx from shell, you want x to start in the background from another shell, and you remain in the shell that you are in. I've never had a need to do that. Maybe someone else knows.

You could startx then Ctrl+Alt+F1 or F2 F3 etc into the shell that you want. Linux uses F7 for X I think so you could use ctrl+alt+F2 and F7 to go back and forth between the two.

KBAegis · 10-14-2011, 11:37 AM

Bump;+1

Edit: This is a pretty common question, apparently -
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ground-880171/

KBAegis · 10-20-2011, 07:14 PM

Looks like xorg doesn't accommodate this functionality natively. There is a workaround, however:

edit startx:

+ export PRE_X_VTS=$(fgconsole)
- xinit "$client" . . .
+ nohup xinit "$client" . . . >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

edit .xinitrc:

+sudo chvt $PRE_X_VTS

It will flicker, but these two modifications will retain a usable vty without closing your shell.