Talk:KMSCON

Autostarting VTs

Why do we bother symlinking to autovt instead of using KMSCON's listen functionality?

—This unsigned comment is by Willprice94 (talk) 19:51, 21 September 2016‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Perhaps because in many cases there is, and will be, only the default seat, all possible virtual terminals will belong to it, and kmscon(1) § LISTNER MODE states one should run KMSCON in default mode in such circumstances? Regid (talk) 18:17, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

How not to enable on CT1?

The page says you can either enable on all VTs except TTY1 or on all VTs. It then explains how to enable on TTY1 and how to enable on all VTs. How do you enable it on all VTs except TTY1? Is it possible to enable it only on specific terminals other than TTY1, such as TTY2 or whatever? --cfr (talk) 23:57, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Referring to KMSCON revision as of 11:17, 24 March 2026:

1. My understanding for enabling kmscon on all VTs except TTY1 is the suggested ln command at KMSCON#Installation, without disabling getty@tty1.service. Note there is a comment below the suggestion that clarifies the command.
2. KMSCON#Installation should also answers the question about enabling kmscon for a specific tty, such as TTY2.

Regid (talk) 11:32, 24 March 2026 (UTC)