diff -Nur xinit-1.3.2.orig/startx.cpp xinit-1.3.2/startx.cpp
--- xinit-1.3.2.orig/startx.cpp	2012-09-29 11:55:06.661264745 -0600
+++ xinit-1.3.2/startx.cpp	2012-09-29 11:56:24.849771316 -0600
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 defaultdisplay=":0"
 clientargs=""
 serverargs=""
+tty_num=$(tty | sed -n 's/.*tty\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/p')
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 
@@ -135,6 +136,12 @@
 enable_xauth=1
 #endif
 
+if [ x"$tty_num" != x ]; then
+    # Specify TTY number directly to avoid recognizing startx session as
+    # inactive: RHBZ#820675
+    serverargs=${serverargs}" vt"${tty_num}
+fi
+
 XCOMM Automatically determine an unused $DISPLAY
 d=0
 while true ; do