[arch-general] Switching betweenX and TTY freezes WM

[John Briggs]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 07:35:45AM +0800, 逸冰欧阳 wrote:
> I also have the same problem. And remember that Ubuntu, Fedora work well,
> so I wonder whether it is  a bug.
> On Jun 11, 2012 4:21 AM, "Mateusz Loskot" <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 10 June 2012 20:35, Sébastien le Preste de Vauban
> > <ulpianosonsi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > El 10/06/12 14:11, Mateusz Loskot escribió:
> > >> On 10 June 2012 19:03, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have been observing strange issues when I switch between X and TTY.
> > >>>> [...]
> > >>>
> > >>> I started noticing this same thing since last year (though don't
> > >>> remember when exactly).  Never asked cause the work around is simple,
> > >>> the TTY from which startx was run is considered "dead" to me, I just
> > >>> don't use it once in X.
> > >>
> > >> Yes, you are right it's  not a very disturbing issue.
> > >> I was just curious if it is known problem and perhaps there is a
> > solution.
> > >
> > > I have a similar problem:
> > >
> > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47277
> >
> > Nice one, I'm going to subscribe to this issue. Thanks!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
> >
> 

What bug?
The TTY running X is busy running the xinit/xsession process, until you
kill that process you shouldn't be able to get the command line prompt to
run another program. The only way to overcome this shortcoming would be to
run xinit in the background, which I wouldn't reccomend.

Regards

John