Les Mikesell (lesmikesell(a)gmail.com) said:
> It's still problematic in that whichever vt you run telinit
from will
> get gdm, which may not be tty1. (Also, it's just getting a little complex
> overall.)
What happens if you aren't on a vt at all (ssh, remote X, vncserver,
freenx, etc.?).
It's started by init, which is on /dev/console, which maps (more or less)
to tty0, 'the current tty'. So it will start on whichever VT happens
to be focused at the time.
Bill