Hi: More info: "jobs" works ... but "fg" fails. So scratch what I said about "things working". I also got bitten by cancelling programs and the console failing to print things properly, etc.
It seems you can use a workaround, by using "sux" and "su"; just open a "sux" session to get the Xauth, and then use a "su" session to launch X apps and perform all other operations that would make the console go mad (there seems to be no Xauth clean up, so "su" can launch X). GSR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org