The attachment "makes clear_console switch to either tty6 or tty5 instead of tty1/tty2" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.
[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bash in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822184 Title: clear_console locks up video when X is running and you log out from a plain text console Status in bash package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: References: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810660 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=866898 If X is running and you switch to a plain text console (ie ctrl-alt-f3), log in as a regular user, and then log out, the display switches back to the graphical login screen and locks up. The system is still functioning (can ssh in, etc) but the video output is frozen. The underlying cause is: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues/492 However, the problem can at least be worked around by making clear_console switch to tty 6 and back instead of switching to 1 and back. This patch corrects the problem: --- bash-4.4.18.orig/debian/clear_console.c 2019-03-28 12:09:02.415907787 -0400 +++ bash-4.4.18/debian/clear_console.c 2019-03-28 12:08:11.984366858 -0400 @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ #if defined(__linux__) num = vtstat.v_active; #endif - tmp_num = (num == 1 ? 2 : 1); + tmp_num = (num == 6 ? 5 : 6); /* switch vt to clear the scrollback buffer */ if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, tmp_num)) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1822184/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
