On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:42:04 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > I run GNOME, so this technique may not work for you or may need to be > adapted. [ . . . ]
I use startx, so it is much simpler for me. > [ . . . ] I can then deallocate vt 7 with > > deallocvt 7 > > I find that the "deallocvt 7" command fails unless I kill > console-kit-daemon first. [ . . . ] Thanks a lot for that 'deallocvt'. That's all the things I need. I don't have console-kit-daemon or gdm running, so it is much simpler for me. > This is clearly a bug. I shouldn't have to do this. The question is, > against what Debian package do I report the bug? My first thought was > against xserver-xorg-video-nv, but I have seen these symptoms (though > less often) with other video drivers, such as intel. Perhaps > console-kit is the right package, since it owns the executable whose > process must be killed in order to deallocate the vt. I don't have the console-kit package, so it is not the cause. Please go ahead and report it just against xserver-xorg. They will move it to more proper places if necessary, as my experiences tell me. Thanks again! -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i6aorm$9j...@dough.gmane.org