Switching to console makes X run amok

[Jan Ulrich Hasecke <juh@pironet.de>]

Hi!

It is a minor problem, because I very seldom use the console, but then
it is annoying. When I switch from X to console via Ctrl-Alt-F1 I
cannot switch back with Ctrl-Alt-F7. Hitting C-A-F7 the screen remains
black an the Keyboard is dead. It is only possible to log in remotely
and kill the xserver.

With top I found out, that when I switch to console my X-server in the
background runs amok, using 99% of the CPU.

I have no other problem with X on my machine. Does anyone encountered
the same problem?

On a mixed slink/potato system I am running:

 xdm            3.3.3.1-3.1    X display manager
 xserver-i128   3.3.3.1-3.1    X server for Number Nine Imagine 128
 xbase-clients  3.3.3.1-3.1    miscellaneous X clients
 xcontrib       3.3.2-3        XFree contributed clients.
 xf86setup      3.3.3.1-3.1    X server configuration tools
 xfonts-100dpi  3.3.2.3a-11    100 dpi fonts for X servers
 xfonts-75dpi   3.3.2.3a-11    75 dpi fonts for X servers
 xfonts-base    3.3.2.3a-11    standard fonts for X servers
 xfonts-pex     3.3.2.3a-11    fonts for minimal PEX support in X servers
 xfonts-scalabl 3.3.2.3a-11    scalable fonts for X servers
 xfree86-common 3.3.3.1-3.1    X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
 xfs            3.3.3.1-3.1    X font server
 xfstt          0.9.10-6       TrueType Font Server for X11

Linux jobs 2.0.36 #1 Mon Jan 24 13:30:09 CET 2000 i586 unknown

My XF86Config:

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier      "Primary Monitor"
   VendorName      "Unknown"
   ModelName       "Unknown"
   HorizSync       31.5-82.0
   VertRefresh     50-150
   Modeline  "1152x864"  135.00 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier      "Primary Card"
   VendorName      "Unknown"
   BoardName       "None"
   Chipset         "i128"
   Option          "power_saver"
   VideoRam        4096


EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "Accel"
   Device          "Primary Card"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   DefaultColorDepth 16
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     0
   OffTime         0
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        8
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        15
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        16
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        24
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        32
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "SVGA"
   Device          "Primary Card"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   DefaultColorDepth 16
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     0
   OffTime         0
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        8
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        15
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        16
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        24
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        32
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "VGA16"
   Device          "Primary Card"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     0
   OffTime         0
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        4
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "VGA2"
   Device          "Primary Card"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   BlankTime       0
   SuspendTime     0
   OffTime         0
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        1
      Modes        "1152x864"
   EndSubSection
EndSection


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