---
 agreety/src/main.rs | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/agreety/src/main.rs b/agreety/src/main.rs
index 67a87bf..1721c49 100644
--- a/agreety/src/main.rs
+++ b/agreety/src/main.rs
@@ -32,18 +32,28 @@ fn get_distro_name() -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     maybe_unquote(general.get("PRETTY_NAME").ok_or("no pretty name")?)
 }
 
+/// Returns the current VT. May contain trailing whitespace.
+fn get_vt() -> String {
+    if let Ok(vtnr) = env::var("XDG_VTNR") {
+        format!("tty{vtnr}")
+    } else {
+        if let Ok(tty) = std::fs::read_to_string("/sys/class/tty/tty0/active") {
+            tty
+        } else {
+            String::from("tty0")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn get_issue() -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let vtnr: usize = env::var("XDG_VTNR")
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "0".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .expect("unable to parse VTNR");
+    let vt = get_vt();
     let uts = uname()?;
     Ok(fs::read_to_string("/etc/issue")?
         .replace(
             "\\S",
             &get_distro_name().unwrap_or_else(|_| "Linux".to_string()),
         )
-        .replace("\\l", &format!("tty{vtnr}"))
+        .replace("\\l", vt.trim())
         .replace("\\s", uts.sysname().to_str().unwrap())
         .replace("\\r", uts.release().to_str().unwrap())
         .replace("\\v", uts.version().to_str().unwrap())
-- 
2.44.0

On 2024-03-07 13:04, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote:
> ---
>  agreety/src/main.rs | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
Please disregard this patch. The sysfs path used here provides the ACTIVE vt,
so will yield wrong results for agreety instances running in a background vt.

-- 
Hugo