Which tty gets the X server?

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:48 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's because console-kit-daemon keeps the vt "open".
>>>
>>> If you kill console-kit-daemon you can then run "deallocvt 7" and re-use vt7.
>>
>> Once I kill console-kit-daemon, tty7 is blank and does not appear to
>> be available for alternate logins.  How do I change that (other than
>> logging out or rebooting)?
>
> Should've said kill -HUP. SORRY!
>
I presume that would allow it to restart itself without deleterious effect?