On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:58:54AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > If the VT we are using is already in KD_GRAPHICS mode, calling SETACTIVE > will silently fail. This leads to an indefinite hang as WAITACTIVE never > returns causing lockups on boot. This issue becomes apparent when the > kernel driver does not install a fbdev for kernel to use for consoles > and plymouth leaves the VT in graphics mode.
It stops the hang on boot, but it also leaves process control on the defunct VT (i.e. ^C kills Xorg). Can we do the console switch without WAITACTIVE? Also doesn't explain why it works the second time. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
