Index: consolekit-0.2.3/src/main.c
===================================================================
--- consolekit-0.2.3.orig/src/main.c	2008-06-15 10:23:46.000000000 +0200
+++ consolekit-0.2.3/src/main.c	2008-06-15 11:53:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 
 #define CK_DBUS_NAME         "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit"
 
+gint         limit_vts        = 0;
+
 static void bus_proxy_destroyed_cb (DBusGProxy *bus_proxy,
                                     CkManager  *manager);
 
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@
                 { "debug", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &debug, N_("Enable debugging code"), NULL },
                 { "no-daemon", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &no_daemon, N_("Don't become a daemon"), NULL },
                 { "timed-exit", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &do_timed_exit, N_("Exit after a time - for debugging"), NULL },
+		{ "limit-vts", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &limit_vts, N_("Limit the number of VTs to monitor"), NULL },
                 { NULL }
         };
 
Index: consolekit-0.2.3/src/ck-vt-monitor.c
===================================================================
--- consolekit-0.2.3.orig/src/ck-vt-monitor.c	2008-06-15 11:51:06.000000000 +0200
+++ consolekit-0.2.3/src/ck-vt-monitor.c	2008-06-15 11:58:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 #define CK_VT_MONITOR_GET_PRIVATE(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), CK_TYPE_VT_MONITOR, CkVtMonitorPrivate))
 
+extern gint limit_vts;
+
 struct CkVtMonitorPrivate
 {
         int              vfd;
@@ -348,6 +350,9 @@
                 /* FIXME: this can fail on solaris and freebsd */
         }
 
+	if ( (limit_vts < max_consoles) && (limit_vts != 0) )
+		max_consoles = limit_vts;
+
         for (i = 1; i < max_consoles; i++) {
                 gpointer id;
 
Index: consolekit-0.2.3/src/test-vt-monitor.c
===================================================================
--- consolekit-0.2.3.orig/src/test-vt-monitor.c	2008-06-15 12:02:24.000000000 +0200
+++ consolekit-0.2.3/src/test-vt-monitor.c	2008-06-15 12:02:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "ck-vt-monitor.h"
 #include "ck-sysdeps.h"
 
+gint limit_vts = 0;
+
 static void
 activated_cb (CkVtMonitor *monitor,
               guint        num,
Index: consolekit-0.2.3/debian/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service
===================================================================
--- consolekit-0.2.3.orig/debian/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service	2008-06-15 12:36:21.000000000 +0200
+++ consolekit-0.2.3/debian/org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.service	2008-06-15 12:36:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
-Exec=/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
+Exec=/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon -l 12
 User=root