Bug#466064: xserver-xorg-core: -novtswitch doesn't appear to work
tag 466064 upstream found 466064 2:1.7.7-11 found 466064 2:1.9.3.901-1 thanks Hi Thomas, Thomas Themel the...@iwoars.net (16/02/2008): Subject basically says it all... I can't discern a difference between starting sudo X -novtswitch :1 and just sudo X :1 - the newly started server's vt is always activated, whether starting it from console or from an xterm within another server. My understanding is that -novtswitch should prevent that. the semantics are a bit obscure (at least to me), when it comes to VT handling. It would be nice to have some documentation clarifying the behaviour one should expect with those options (that is, with: -keeptty/-novtswitch/-sharevts). A possible workaround, assuming: - that your sudo time stamp is still valid, - that your X starts in 5 seconds max (might be insufficient on old machines), - that you're on vt1. → X $your_options sleep 5 ; sudo chvt 1 Meaning start X in background, sleep 5 seconds, and move back to vt1. KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#466064: xserver-xorg-core: -novtswitch doesn't appear to work
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1 Severity: normal Subject basically says it all... I can't discern a difference between starting sudo X -novtswitch :1 and just sudo X :1 - the newly started server's vt is always activated, whether starting it from console or from an xterm within another server. My understanding is that -novtswitch should prevent that. -- Package-specific info: Contents of /var/lib/x11/X.roster: xserver-xorg /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum does not exist. X server symlink status: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-09-14 21:39 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/Xorg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1673980 2008-02-01 05:06 /usr/bin/Xorg Contents of /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster: xserver-xorg VGA-compatible devices on PCI bus: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not match checksum in /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum. Xorg X server configuration file status: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4258 2007-10-24 12:51 /etc/X11/xorg.conf Contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon Feb 26 23:38:46 PST 2007 # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen 0 0 InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse Option Xinerama off EndSection Section Files # path to defoma fonts FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi FontPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType EndSection Section Module Load i2c Load bitmap Load ddc Load extmod Load freetype Load glx Load int10 Load type1 Load vbe EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver kbd Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xorg Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true EndSection Section Monitor # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz Identifier Generic Monitor ModeLine 1280x1024-60 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier GeForce 6600 GT Driver nvidia EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device GeForce 6600 GT MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 Option TwinView true Option TwinViewOrientation CRT-0 Below DFP-0 Option SecondMonitorHorizSync 31-81 Option SecondMonitorVertRefresh 60-60 #Option Rotate CW Option NvAGP 1 Option RandRRotation 1 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection
