[PATCH xinit 2/3] startx: Under Linux start X on the current VT

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:56:35 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:

> When we let X allocate a new VT, systemd-logind will not recognize any
> processes running on this VT as belonging to a valid session (since there
> was no pam session opened on that tty).
> 
> This causes problems like PolicyKit denials for these processes.
> 
> ConsoleKit under Linux has been deprecated for a few years now and is no
> longer being maintained, so simply make this the default under Linux.
> 
That sounds like a bad idea.  If people want policykit to be happy, they
should just use a display manager, IMO.  Sharing a VT between X and
something else smells like trouble.

Cheers,
Julien