On Thu 31 Jan 2019 at 12:51:05 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 31 Jan 2019 at 18:36:58 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > On Thu 31 Jan 2019 at 12:56:59 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > > tty1 became special with the introduction of systemd. Do not use tty1 > > > for X. Instead use tty2 and/or tty3 and/or tty4 and/or tty5 and/or > > > tty6. Buster may have this fixed, as upstream has apparently fixed it > > > 3 months ago. > > > > The behaviour on unstable is unchanged from stretch. To use tty1 for X, > > move ~/.bash_logout out of the way or alter it. That doesn't mean the > > origin of the bug doesn't involve systemd or X, but it removes the > > problem > > I forgot to check what was actually in my own ~/.bash_logout until > you wrote this. For several years (since installing jessie, I think), > mine runs clear && reset rather than clear_console. > Does that make any difference?
Thank you for looking at this. I tried 'clear && reset' on unstable and have no complaints. Back to tty2 on after logging in and out and mouse and keyboard normal operation on X in tty1. So - is bash the culprit, or are the interactions between it and other system components more complex than this indicates? -- Brian.