Re: Console switching
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jake Griesbach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I seem to have found a bug in switching between virtual consoles. The
> first time xdm starts, console switching works great. I can switch
> between text and graphics consoles without any problems. The same holds
> after I log in using xdm. However, after I exit my session and xdm
> restarts, I cannot switch consoles anymore. Attempting to switch consoles
> only results in the cursor disappearing (I can get it back by moving the
> mouse). Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a fix?
>
> If I quit xdm and restart it by running /etc/init.d/xdm restart
> console switching works again.
Possibly a gpm problem.
If you quit or dpkg --remove gpm (quit it with /etc/init.d/gpm stop, or
gpm -k), can you still replicate the problem?
Jules
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