Denny White wrote:
>
> There are actually 2 problems. First one is, when using
> ctrl-alt-f1 & so forth, it goes to the other console fine,
> but when I try to switch back, all I see on the screen is
> the output from the underlying x rather than the desktop.

If you use xdm to start X, your custom settings below call for trouble.
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers forces the X server to use ttyC4, which should not
have a getty process attached.

> The other problem is, when I'm on the desktop in an xterm
> window, it's as though the settings in .profile like my
> aliases I have setup, aren't recognized, like they're not
> in the current environment settings.

xsession or xinitrc files don't source your .profile.
you need to start xterm with the '-ls' option or the loginShell resource
set to TRUE to have the shell executed in them source it.
Or put your settings in ~/.xsession (for xdm) or ~/.xinitrc (for startx).

> I never had anything
> like this happen when running 3.9. Now, on 4.0, I did a
> clean install, started having the problem, moved to stable,
> now current. Problem is still there.

I'd suggest you compare your current setup with the one you used before
(you did a backup, did you?). X has almost not changed between 3.9 and
4.0.

-+-neil-+-

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