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Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.10-3
Severity: normal
I do not know which package to report this because this happens with
both kdm and gdm, i'm guessing xdm is a core default so i'm reporting
it here
Apparently when i logout, the X listener changes tty#..
it hops from tty7->tty8, then alternates between tty8/tty9..
i would login for at least 10 seconds before trying to logout and
seeing again if the X listener changed..
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.4.5-1 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.14-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1-3 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.8-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii procps 1:3.2.8-9 /proc file system utilities
ii x11-common 1:7.5+8 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.5+3 X server utilities
ii xbase-clients 1:7.5+8 miscellaneous X clients - metapack
xdm recommends no packages.
xdm suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/xdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
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On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:13:34 -0500 jamesb <[email protected]> wrote:
Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.10-3
Severity: normal
I do not know which package to report this because this happens with
both kdm and gdm, i'm guessing xdm is a core default so i'm reporting
it here
Apparently when i logout, the X listener changes tty#..
it hops from tty7->tty8, then alternates between tty8/tty9..
i would login for at least 10 seconds before trying to logout and
seeing again if the X listener changed..
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.4.5-1 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.14-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1-3 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.8-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii procps 1:3.2.8-9 /proc file system utilities
ii x11-common 1:7.5+8 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.5+3 X server utilities
ii xbase-clients 1:7.5+8 miscellaneous X clients - metapack
xdm recommends no packages.
xdm suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/xdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
Hi,
I'm closing this bug, as it is not caused by xdm. According to the
debconf information in the report, the active display manager was gdm3
(shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3), and you saw the same
behaviour with kdm and gdm.
xdm itself always starts the local X server on a fixed virtual
terminal: Debian's default /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers contains
"vt7" on the :0 line, so restarting the server after a logout reuses
vt7. Moving between tty7/tty8/tty9 was a property of the dynamic VT
allocation in gdm3/kdm (or of the X server when no vtN option is
given), and those versions are long gone from Debian.
Thanks,
Boyuan
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