diff -up kdebase-workspace-4.3.4/kdm/backend/dm.c.kdm_plymouth kdebase-workspace-4.3.4/kdm/backend/dm.c
--- kdebase-workspace-4.3.4/kdm/backend/dm.c.kdm_plymouth	2008-07-21 19:03:20.000000000 -0500
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.3.4/kdm/backend/dm.c	2010-01-19 07:32:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -1315,6 +1315,36 @@ getBusyVTs( void )
 	return activeVTs;
 }
 
+static int
+get_active_vt (void)
+{
+        int console_fd;
+        struct vt_stat console_state = { 0 };
+        console_fd = open ("/dev/tty0", O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY);
+        if (console_fd < 0) {
+                goto out;
+        }
+        if (ioctl (console_fd, VT_GETSTATE, &console_state) < 0) {
+                goto out;
+        }
+out:
+        if (console_fd >= 0) {
+                close (console_fd);
+        }
+        return console_state.v_active;
+}
+
+static int
+triggered_to_force_display_on_active_vt (void)
+{
+	int should_force_display_on_active_vt;
+	should_force_display_on_active_vt=open("/var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt", O_RDONLY);
+        if ( should_force_display_on_active_vt >= 0 )
+                close(should_force_display_on_active_vt);
+	unlink("/var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt");
+	return should_force_display_on_active_vt;
+}
+
 static void
 allocateVT( struct display *d )
 {
@@ -1324,7 +1354,11 @@ allocateVT( struct display *d )
 	if ((d->displayType & d_location) == dLocal &&
 	    d->status == notRunning && !d->serverVT && d->reqSrvVT >= 0)
 	{
-		if (d->reqSrvVT && d->reqSrvVT < 16)
+		if ( triggered_to_force_display_on_active_vt() >= 0 )
+		{
+			d->serverVT = get_active_vt() ;
+		}
+		else if (d->reqSrvVT && d->reqSrvVT < 16)
 			d->serverVT = d->reqSrvVT;
 		else {
 			for (i = tvt = 0;;) {