The Wanderer composed on 2015-11-27 15:01 (UTC-0500): > Brian wrote:
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743015 >> where, with or without an alias, 'start -- vt7' would be the standard >> and traditional way, as it is on Jessie, to have X on vt7. On a freshly upgraded Stretch with systemd and xserver-xorg-legacy, start -- vt7 from vt3 produced a machine requiring hard reboot, before and after 'chmod 4711 /usr/bin/Xorg'. > AFAICT, only if xserver-xorg-legacy is installed - which apparently will > not be the case on a fresh Debian install, or on an ordinary > dist-upgrade. I didn't discover that package until this thread, and then > had to install it manually. aptitude upgrade paused to warn me of the possible need -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
