[arch-general] Switching betweenX and TTY freezes WM

[逸冰欧阳]

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 at loskot.net> 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
>