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-+-
