diff -upr gdm-2.21.5-pre/daemon/gdm-server.c gdm-2.21.5-post/daemon/gdm-server.c
--- gdm-2.21.5-pre/daemon/gdm-server.c	2007-11-19 15:53:12.000000000 -0600
+++ gdm-2.21.5-post/daemon/gdm-server.c	2008-01-21 20:18:31.000000000 -0600
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ gdm_server_resolve_command_line (GdmServ
 
         if (vtarg != NULL && ! gotvtarg) {
                 argv[len++] = g_strdup (vtarg);
+        } else if (!query_in_arglist && !gotvtarg) {
+                argv[len++] = g_strdup ("vt7");
         }
 
         argv[len++] = NULL;