xserver dosn't have to be down, but running jockey-text from a gnome-terminal won't trigger the issue. Press alt+ctrl+f1, type jockey-text and you will see the issue.
Jockey-text is the most useful when you only have a true terminal as an option, and that is when it will fail you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658447 Title: jockey-text tries to display gtk messages -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs