On 2017-08-28, Zenaan Harkness <zen...@freedbms.net> wrote: > I consistently get a deadlock of the XFCE window manager, immediately > after I logout of say Linux console 2, when e.g. XFCE is running on > console 1. > > Procedure to replicate: > > 1. login to console 1 > > 2. start xfce > > 3. switch to console 2 (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2) > > 4. loging to console 2 > > 5. logout of console 2 (e.g. CTRL+D) > > > Notably, when I'm on console 2, either logged in or not, I can safely > use ALT+Left to go to console 1 and appears my XFCE desktop. > > Similarly using Ctrl+Alt+F1 > > So I'm guessing some sort of unhandled race condition, but I'm at a > loss as to how to debug this.
I suspect a deadlock of the graphics driver rather then the window manager. Some drivers don't handle console switching very well. Can you reproduce the problem with a different window manager? -- Liam
