Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:15:10 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Joseph Stein <joes@spiritone.com> Cc: Prisoner <spatula@gulf.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loss of vty access when switching into X Message-ID: <330054BE.2D65@barcode.co.il> References: <199702110632.WAA02617@joes.users.spiritone.com>
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Joseph Stein wrote:
>
> Prisoner stands accused of saying:
> > [...] This seems most prevalent if an attempt is quickly
> > made to switch back (ie, I didn't mean to switch into X, said "d'oh!" and
> > hit ctrl-alt-F1).
> >
> > The problem has surfaced with both XFree86 [...]
>
> I've noticed this here on a 486/120 under 2.2-GAMMA (!) (970207 I think)
> and the only "fix" i've found is to reboot :-(
>
> joe
I've noticed something similar with XFree 3.1.2/3.2.0 on 2.1.{0/5/6}.
When I use xdm, if I try to switch to vty0 before xdm displays its login
window then I'll be locked into X just like you describe. I don't know
of any fix other than rebooting either.
Nadav
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