Rich Freeman <[email protected]> [16-01-15 15:16]: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 7:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > But once touching the console, where X11 should still be > > running and which is now occupied by the deep dark unholy > > "nothing" ;) I got trapped -- no way out and a bindly > > keyed login followed by a reboot has nothing as result. > > > > What is your kernel configuration around the console? Are you using > any binary modules (cough...nvidia...)? KMS? Framebuffer? What > hardware is this? > > In general this shouldn't happen, and I've mainly seen it on tainted > kernels, or in the old days of X11 running as root. > > With mainline kernel drivers and KMS things have been pretty reliable for me. > > If you are using nvidia-drivers, you're probably at their mercy. If > you are running an untainted kernel and KMS and can get enough info to > the linux devs they would almost certainly consider this a valid bug. > It shouldn't be possible for userspace to break the console in the new > design. > > -- > Rich > Hi Rich,
My Gentoo runs on an ASUS Crosshair formula IV motherboard with an AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor. The motherboard?CPU is not overclocked. The graphics cards are For rendering only (not related to the desktop) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] (rev a1) 02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fba (rev a1) For desktop purposes 09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) 09:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) The kernel uses x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-361.16. I am using Alsa/jackd with the onboard soundcard. My monitor is an HP LP 2475w. I am using the nvidia-drivers since years and the switch back and forth from and to the text console does well for years too. And today this damned trap strukcs me. How can I get around this? Best regards, Meino
