On 23/09/12||18:16, Mauro Santos wrote: > So far I am only testing how systemd behaves in my system and what > changes I need to do before I permanently make the switch. > > So far the first problem, which doesn't seem to be covered in the wiki, > forum or google searches, is that if I switch to a tty after starting X > I get just a blank screen. I also get a blank screen and no prompt after > I logout from the DE. > > The conditions that seem to trigger the problem are: > I don't use any login managers so I use startx to start my DE of choice > (xfce). > I have increased the number of available ttys as described here [1] and > after booting everything seems to be working fine, since I have the > expected number of ttys and I can login at each one of them. > Getting local permissions was also taken care of by following [2], for > testing purposes I use 'startx -- vt1 &> xlog.log' and I've confirmed > that it works as expected. > > The problem: > After starting X, if I switch to any of the ttys with ctrl-alt-f* I get > only a blank screen, this includes the ttys that have not been used to > start X. > After logging out of the DE I get a blank screen at all ttys, including > the one used to start X. The machine is otherwise still responsive. > > Any clues, tips or pointers on how to get this to work are welcome. > > [1] > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Q:_How_do_I_change_the_number_of_gettys_running_by_default.3F > [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Login > > -- > Mauro Santos I $startx then XFCE, and works fine with systemd. Please have a look here: http://blog.falconindy.com/articles/back-to-basics-with-x-and-systemd.html
