On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 01:43:23AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Hi, > > When I logged out of fvwm, and hence X, tty3 (the tty where X was > running) displayed this at the top of the screen: > > enabled, not active [unchanged]
I happen to recognise that as a message from laptop-mode-tools. It's telling you that laptop-mode is enabled (in other words available), but not active (probably because you're on mains) and that this hasn't been changed by the event that triggered the check. > > Is this normal or a bug? > > How do I regain the use of this tty as a text console? I would try pressing Enter a few times (if a getty is on that terminal, that should cause it to re-display the "login:" prompt). Or, failing that, use the SAK (Either Alt+SysRq+K or Ctrl+Alt+Pause) which will kill everything on that Console (normal behaviour should then mean that the getty is re-started) > > If the answer is "Oh, easy, just reboot", you'll have to convince me you > are not a malicious joker. > > I am already finding it tiresome having to run 'kbdrate -r 40 -d 40' > after each *upgrade* of systemd. I'm guessing I'm going to have to run > it after each reboot, although, luckily I rarely reboot this particular > laptop. > > -- > "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people > who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the > oppressing." --- Malcolm X > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140710134323.GA18674@tal > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
