Re: Console switching
Jules,
The problem still persists even though gpm is no longer running. I have
the latest xdm and gpm from the slink distribution. Kernel version is
2.2.1.
Jake
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jules Bean wrote:
> 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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