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[Miguel Branco <mpbbranco@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xdm
  
  Since Ibex, opening a  new session will create it on vt9, even if vt8
  has been released from usplash activities at kernel boot by
  console=ttyX, unless  vt8 is specifically forced (through startx)
  
  So somehow the dm seems just to assume that vt8 is permanently assigned
  to usplash or the info is not reset somewhere.
  
  Bug reproduction:
  
  - Boot 9.04 by adding, say, console=tty4 to the kernel boot line to redirect usplash screen messages from vt8 to vt4
  - Log in new console session on tty1
  - "startx -- :1 vt8" will create new graphical session on vt8
  - but "startx -- :1" will create new graphical session on vt9 by "default"
  
- This default behaviour of course happens at "New Session" from inside
- the graphical session.
+ This default behaviour of course also happens at "New Session" from
+ inside the graphical session, but there you have no option to force vt8.
+ 
+ The bug is however related to usplash since this does not occur if
+ usplash is disabled. Guess is usplash sets some info that vt8 is busy
+ even if console is redirected but xdm (?) does not check or resets the
+ info.

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x display manager won't open session on next free vt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429616
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