[arch-general] I have to switch back to tty1 for systemd to shutdown the pc

solsTiCe d'Hiver solstice.dhiver at gmail.com
Fri Jan 18 02:18:52 EST 2013


the second X server is running in tty2. but it is stopped during the
shutdown procedure. It's when I get back in console that everything
stops.

2013/1/18 Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu>:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:46:48 +0100
> "solsTiCe d'Hiver" <solstice.dhiver at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> Since latest update of gnome 3.4, I can't login through gdm because,
>> then, I have no single glyph or font displayed on my desktop in menu
>> or application (but not the qt ones)
>> So, I found the work around to switch to tty2 and login and run startx
>> and all is fine in my desktop. The fonts are back. No idea what this
>> bug is about !
>>
>> Anyway, my problem is: When I shutdown the PC from gnome desktop, I
>> end up on tty2 console, and nothing is happening there i.e. no
>> shutdown.
>> I have to switch back manually to tty1 so that the shutdown procedure
>> begins or continues.
>>
>> Any idea why systemd fails like that ? or gnome ?
>
> So, you have 2 X servers running? In this case, what is the tty the 2nd one
> is running at?
>
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