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Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 09:20:32AM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 8/28/17, Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> wrote:
> > I consistently get a deadlock of the XFCE window manager, immediately
> > after I logout of say Linux console 2, when e.g. XFCE is running on
> > console 1.
> >
> > Procedure to replicate:
> >
> > 1. login to console 1
> >
> > 2. start xfce
> >
> > 3. switch to console 2 (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2)
> >
> > 4. loging to console 2
> >
> > 5. logout of console 2 (e.g. CTRL+D)
> >
> >
> > Notably, when I'm on console 2, either logged in or not, I can safely
> > use ALT+Left to go to console 1 and appears my XFCE desktop.
> >
> > Similarly using Ctrl+Alt+F1
> >
> > So I'm guessing some sort of unhandled race condition, but I'm at a
> > loss as to how to debug this.
> 
> 
> I may not be quite understanding, but I just played along from behind
> the lurk wall....
> 
> I had a BUNCH of shtuff open at that second. I didn't think things
> through clearly, i.e. if mine locked up, I would have lost some
> shtuff...
> 
> As it was...........
> 
> I got locked out... kinda sorta.
> 
> I CTRL+ALT+F2.... logged in to where I was still in console. Typed a
> few "asdfasdfasdf" that obviously failed, and logged out.
> 
> I..... CTRL+ALT+F1.......
> 
> And there I sat at the login prompt.........
> 
> As soon that happened, I had a memory recall of having been there,
> done there a couple months ago and never followed up on it. I didn't
> try logging in because part of that memory recall is that I might have
> lost some data on the last go-round with it.
> 
> I THOUGHT that F1 was the first console, is it not?

Indeed it is - by default, the first console is "1" (/dev/pts/1 ?)
and that's where I log in, then start xorg.


> Out of pure *panic*, I went down the row..... F3, F4, F5......

CTRL+RightArrow and CTRL+LeftArrow also work for me to cycle around
the consoles.


> Mystery solved: F7 is the new F1 in my case.

In some setups, this is the case - I don't run a graphical login
manager such as lightdm.


> I started to ask if that helps in your case, but it sounds like you're
> already able to use CTRL+ALT+F1 as expected so.... *?*

Exactly - the keyboard gets locked up.

Although I recall sometimes X completely dies - at least, I've
experienced something similar to your case.


> Just thinking out loud.. :)

Thanks for sharing - appreciated of course :)

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XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-08-28 06:20 +0200
  Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-08-28 12:10 +0200
  Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-28 15:10 +0200
    Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-08-29 04:40 +0200
  Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-28 15:30 +0200
    Re: XFCE wm deadlocks on (other) console logout Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-08-29 04:40 +0200

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