I find that If you don't input anything like hitting ENTER at 8th step , everything is OK. On Jun 11, 2012 1:43 AM, "Mateusz Loskot" <mateusz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been observing strange issues when I switch between X and TTY. > Here is the step-by-step story with details: > > 0. Login to tty1 and ttt2 > 1. From tty2 (not tty1), startx with either i3wm or Openbox > 2. Launch 2-3 apps (e.g. urxvt, Firefox) > > 3. Switch back to tty1 (CTRL+ALT+F1) > 4. Execute some shell commands in tty1 > 5. Switch back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7) > 6. Observe no problems, no hangs, in Openbox the ALT+TAB and > in i3wm the Mod+[jkl;] combination cycles through windows, etc. > > 7. Switch to tty2 (CTRL+ALT+F2) > 8. See xinit output, hit ENTER once or more, the xinit output scrolls up > 9. Switch back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7) > 10. Now, observe strange problems with lack of response in both, > Openbox or i3wm. > > WMs are not completely frozen, but somewhat partially. > Neither Openbox ALT+TAB nor i3wm Mod+[jkl;] work. > No reaction to mouse operations have no effect > No reaction to i3wm Mod+SHIFT+Q, etc. > > I'm running updated Arch on Lenovo ThinkPad T400 > with Intel graphics (xf86-video-intel driver, i915 module). > > Could the problem be related to xf86-video-intel driver? > > BTW, I have been observing slow rendering of Terminus font under i3wm [1] > and it turns out the problem is in the most recent version of > xf86-video-intel > in the Arch repos [2]. > > [1] http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-June/000699.html > [2] http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2012-June/000702.html > > Best regards, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net >
