Re: rhgb freezing computer

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Alan Cox wrote:
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:08:40PM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
VT_WAITACTIVE only ever gets called from xf86OpenConsole, which is in the server generation path (and _not_ in normal EnterVT, which is sort of disturbing). This appears to only be possible to trigger during server init, and specifically in the handoff from rhgb's X server to gdm's.

That makes sense if the timing is ugly


Can this occur

	rhgb X server -> decides to go away
	gdm X server starts
	gdm X server issues switch to screen
	rhgb X server cleanup issues switch back to text mode screen
	gdm X server waits for its screen

I think it can. I'm fairly sure gdm launches X while rhgb's server is still active, since otherwise we wouldn't have to make sure rhgb got DRI disabled (old unrelated bug where only one X server can have working DRI at a time). And xf86CloseConsole will do:

1: KDSETMODE to KD_TEXT
2: VT_GETMODE
3: VT_SETMODE to VT_AUTO
4: VT_ACTIVATE to the VT that was current when the server started

So would the race look like:

rhgb X				gdm X
				VT_ACTIVATE 7
VT_ACTIVATE 1
				VT_WAITACTIVE 7

?

Also does this ever occur without selinux ?

It doesn't appear to happen with selinux=0. Suspect that's more timing than policy though.

- ajax

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