On Thu 02 Jul 2015 at 18:45:24 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 Jul 2015 at 17:58:35 +0200, August Karlstrom wrote: > > > Could it be related to the graphics driver? What card/driver do you > > use? I remember having issues with switching between ttys when using > > the NVIDIA driver in Debian Wheezy: > > I don't know. The machine uses nouveau and my graphics expertise is very > low. Sorted the apparent randomness: use CTRL+ALT+F1 and go to a terminal > in the usual way works for me. > > > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=168108 > > > > However, in Wheezy I never had any such problems with the (free > > default) Nouveau driver. > > I have another machine which has never run anything but unstable with > sysvinit for many years. It also uses nouveau. There is no sign of this > behaviour on it. Colour me stumped.
The colour has changed to "That looks like light at the end of the tunnel". :) The "exit" command is a bash builtin command. It causes bash to exit, as does CTRL-D. When bash exits a getty is respawned with a new login prompt on the terminal. You do not see this new login prompt because you have been switched to X - but it is there; have a look at 'ps ax'. On my machine I can get to it (X is on tty1) by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 (I stay in X at this point) and then CTRL+ALT+Fn (I am now on ttyn). The graphics driver route doesn't feel right as an explanation. I do not know what the explanation is in any detail but here is something to do which is constructive and instructive: mv ~/.bash_logout ~/.bash_logout-orig and exit. Where are you now? X or a terminal? The ~/.bash_logout files on this machine and my working unstable machine are identical. clear_console(1) on both tells me the same thing. clear_console -q on the unstable machine always leaves me at a terminal; on this machine the command almost always puts me into X. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150702223556.gd20...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
