Re: System freeze with multiple ttys in Debian Jessie
On Wed 01 Jul 2015 at 21:54:40 +0200, August Karlstrom wrote:
> 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.
Suppose you reboot. You will be on tty1 afterwards. Change to tty2, log
in and then log out with the exit command. Are you still on tty2?
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