Re: System freeze with multiple ttys in Debian Jessie

[August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com>]

On 2015-07-01 20:50, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 01 Jul 2015 at 08:30:52 +0200, August Karlstrom wrote:
>
> > I run Debian 8.1. With X-Windows running in tty1, if I login on tty2
> > (without X) and then logout, instead of seeing the tty2 login prompt
> > the system switches to tty1 and X freezes; I cannot move the mouse,
> > not even switch to a different tty. The only keyboard command that
> > seems to work is Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Has anyone experienced this?
>
> You appear to have two things you regard as issues:
>
> 1. Logging out of tty2 in some way you do not specify puts you back on
>     tty1 with X. How do you leave tty2?

With the exit command.

> 2. X is misbehaving.
>
> The only way I can think of that you can have X on tty1 is by using
> startx. Is startx the way you start X?

Yes, that's correct. I don't use a display manager.

> The second thing is whether this 8.1 Debian is an upgrade or a new
> install. Which is it?

I have freshly installed Debian 8.0 which has then been upgraded to 8.1.


-- August