On Wed 30 Jan 2019 at 13:54:14 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 30 Jan 2019 at 19:12:42 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > On Wed 30 Jan 2019 at 13:48:17 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > hoh...@arcor.de composed on 2019-01-30 18:38 (UTC+0100): > > > > > > > I logged in (to tty1) > > > > started X (startx) > > > > switched to tty2 > > > > logged in (using the same name) > > > > logged out > > > > > > > -> X on tty1 crashes > > > > > > Same problem if you don't use tty1, instead logging in first on tty2, and > > > after on tty3? > > > > Did *you* try this? In fact, did *you* even try the procedure that > > hohe72 describes so well? > > I've tried this every time I've seen it reported, and nothing ever > freezes, or crashes. Same just now.
I've just tested again on unstable. The described procedure leads to X on tty1 disappearing, A crash, if you like. > But I do remember reading at one time that there's "something > different" about VC1 from the other consoles, and this change > was suggested as a possible workaround. > > Whether it worked? No idea. > Whether the suggester (in the past) had had the same problem? No idea. > Does it have any effect? Not here, but then, I don't have the problem. > (Apart from the effect of a lot of 2s instead of 1s in the logs. > Oh, and a spent tty3 hanging around. I thought someone recently > posted that they got tidied up, but I've never seen that happen here.) > > 1091 1 0 tty2 Ss 0:00 /bin/login -- > 1193 1 1000 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user > 1195 1193 1000 ? S 0:00 (sd-pam) > 1197 1091 1000 tty2 S+ 0:00 -bash > 1284 1 0 ? Ss 0:00 wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c > /var/lib/wicd/configurations/b > 1354 1 0 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -v -cf > /var/lib/wicd/dhclient.conf wlp2s0 > 1416 1197 1000 tty2 S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/X11/startx > 1438 1416 1000 tty2 S 0:00 xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 v > 1439 1438 1000 tty2 Sl 0:01 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 > vt2 -keeptty -auth /tmp/s > 1443 1439 0 tty2 S 0:00 > /usr/lib/xserver-xorg-video-intel/xf86-video-intel-backlight- > 1446 1 0 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug > 1455 1438 1000 tty2 S 0:00 /bin/bash /home/david/.xsession > 1482 1 1000 tty2 S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch > --exit-with-session --sh-syntax > 1483 1 1000 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork > --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 - > 1501 1455 1000 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/bash > /home/david/.xsession > > […] > > 2300 1 0 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty3 linux > > Disclaimers: > I run stretch. The OP's kernels look much newer. Maybe he is on unstable or testing. He should say. > I don't run a DE, just fvwm. Does the OP? My experience is with jvm, but I have seen it with fvwm. -- Brian.