Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-18 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:41:37AM +1100, dave b wrote: So what's kind of why i asked about how you were trying to find the bug. Don't tell me to search through lots of C code point it out! I don't have time for that and you seemed to know more! Please calm down and don't shout at me. I'm not

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-18 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
Salvo Tomaselli tipos...@tiscali.it wrote: Well, to me, it does indeed appear to be a GDM bug: I can not reproduce this permanent VT allocation with either KDM, XDM or startx. The issue It happens to me with kdm. Before or after you logged in to a session? Is it reproducible for you by just

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-18 Thread dave b
On 18 November 2010 23:14, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe mario.ho...@tu-ilmenau.de wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:41:37AM +1100, dave b wrote: So what's kind of why i asked about how you were trying to find the bug. Don't tell me to search through lots of C code point it out! I don't have time

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
reassign 603767 general thanks Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 13:47 +1100, david b a écrit : After upgrading from lenny to squeeze, gdm starts on vt8 always (even after restarting it). It should start on vt7 as this is the expected behaviour. I noticed this happens often to me too, and I can

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2010-11-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 603767 general Bug #603767 [gdm] gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7 Bug reassigned from package 'gdm' to 'general'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 603767:

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread dave b
I noticed this happens often to me too, and I can assure you it’s not a GDM bug. The Linux VT interface wrongly reports vt7 as being in use, before gdm is even started. It does not happen on all systems, so it might be related to KMS - for example it happens with my radeon-based system.

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:36:14AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 13:47 +1100, david b a écrit : After upgrading from lenny to squeeze, gdm starts on vt8 always (even after restarting it). It should start on vt7 as this is the expected I noticed this happens

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
Well, to me, it does indeed appear to be a GDM bug: I can not reproduce this permanent VT allocation with either KDM, XDM or startx. The issue does only show up with GDM. And it does never show up when starting GDM the first time after boot, GDM needs to be stopped and started again for the

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 17:15 +0100, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe a écrit : Well, to me, it does indeed appear to be a GDM bug: I can not reproduce this permanent VT allocation with either KDM, XDM or startx. The issue does only show up with GDM. And it does never show up when starting GDM

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 06:01:53PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 17:15 +0100, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe a écrit : Well, to me, it does indeed appear to be a GDM bug: I can not reproduce this permanent VT allocation with either KDM, XDM or startx. The issue

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread dave b
So what's kind of why i asked about how you were trying to find the bug. Don't tell me to search through lots of C code point it out! I don't have time for that and you seemed to know more! We so then the question is what happens if it is 'busy' and we attempt to use it anyways ;) ? -- To

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Stephen Powell
This appears to be a duplicate of 596700. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: