What determines which virtual console the graphical interface is run on?

X uses the first free virtual terminal, and the first six are now allocated for gettys by upstart from /etc/init/tty[1-6].conf, and traditionally by init from /etc/inittab.

To choose a specific virtual terminal for X, you pass it the parameter 'vtXX' (see X -help) , where XX is the desired terminal number. There are a bunch of ways to pass parameters to X, but that is stuff for another question. :)

F7 is the default Xserver console. I believe that F8 is only used if there is already an Xserver running on F7, or if F7 is busy.

"Can not mount /dev/loop0" during install from CD

Dual space of $\mathcal{C}^n [a,b]$.

Prove that a set $S$ cannot be partitioned into two subsets, each having the same products of elements

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Show that $ \text{Stab}\left(v\right)\approx O_{n-1}\left(\mathbb{R}\right) $ for $v \in \mathbb{R}^n$

$p$ is the minimal prime dividing the order of $G$, and $H$ operates on $G/H$ by multiplication. $H/\ker\left(\varphi\right)$ embedded in $S_{p-1}$

Using Burnside's lemma to count number of strings [duplicate]

Double division behaving wrongly

Why can't the generic interface in TS infer the type correctly?

How are extremely large floating-point numbers represented in memory?