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FS#79606 - [slim] 1.4.0 runs X on TTY 2 by default

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Rob Hoelz (hoelzro) - Thursday, 07 September 2023, 14:06 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Saturday, 09 September 2023, 12:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

After upgrading slim to 1.4.0 and restarting, I noticed that Xorg runs on TTY2 rather than the normal TTY7. This is because when the PKGBUILD was updated to switch to the now-maintained slim fork, slim.conf stopped being patched to "provide sane defaults" for xserver_arguments (see https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/slim/-/commit/dc8eb05727b5a8aaf2d5e624220045f8143f18de#9b9baac1eb9b72790eef5540a1685306fc43fd6c_74_57), and without the vt07 argument Xorg defaults to the lowest available TTY. This means that if you switch to VT1 via ctrl+alt+f1, you need to use ctrl+alt+f2 to switch back to X, rather than the typical ctrl+alt+f7.

Additional info:
* package version(s): 1.4.0-1 and 1.4.0-2

Steps to reproduce:

* Install slim 1.4.0
* Run slim
* Switch to VT1 with ctrl+alt+f1
* Try switching back to Xorg with ctrl+alt+f7 - this doesn't work because Xorg is running on VT7
* Try switching back to Xorg with ctrl+alt+f2 - this *does* work
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Saturday, 09 September 2023, 12:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 07 September 2023, 21:14 GMT
It's just a config option, yes? Maybe add something to the Wiki?
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Saturday, 09 September 2023, 12:54 GMT
I agree with Toolybird and would prefer to stay with the upstream defaults where possible. Please configure slim.conf to your liking.

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