Re: logout kills X
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- Subject: Re: logout kills X
- From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:22:18 -0600
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On Thu 31 Jan 2019 at 15:01:49 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > mine runs clear && reset rather than clear_console.
> > > Does that make any difference?
> >
> > Thank you for looking at this. I tried 'clear && reset' on unstable and
> > have no complaints. Back to tty2 on after logging in and out and mouse
> > and keyboard normal operation on X in tty1.
> >
> > So - is bash the culprit, or are the interactions between it and other
> > system components more complex than this indicates?
>
> The man page for clear_console(1) is a little unclear to me, and a little
> bit disturbing. I cannot figure out what "changes the foreground virtual
> terminal to another terminal" is supposed to mean, but between that and
> the reference to chvt(1) under SEE ALSO, it seems like someone might want
> to investigate that more closely.
Oops, I think we're celebrating Groundhog Day a day early.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00603.html
Cheers,
David.
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