Bug 76192

Summary: X restarts when switching to text console
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Tijl Dullers <tijl.dullers>
Component: XFree86Assignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Tijl Dullers 2002-10-18 00:41:06 UTC
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Description of problem:
System: Dell Optiplex GX150 with Intel 815 Video Card and Clone PC 

When you switch from your graphical X display to a text console using eg Ctrl
alt F1 or F2 , ... the text console appears and X restarts. Resulting in a lost
workspace and a new GDM login screen. 

Tested and experienced this bug on 3 systems. Bug occurs every time 



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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Login to X 
2.Press Ctrl Alt F1 to switch to text console 
3.YOu will see the screen flickering and will notice that X is back at gdm login
prompt when going back to X display ( ctrl alt f7 ) 
	

Actual Results:  X restarted

Expected Results:  X should stay up :-) 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2002-10-18 22:27:05 UTC
What is Clone PC?

Please attach using the link below, your X server log, your X config
file, your /var/log/messages from after a crash/problem, and the
output of the following commands:

cat /proc/version
lspci -vn
lspci -v
rpm -qa | sort
lsmod


Comment 2 Michael Wardle 2002-11-01 00:36:56 UTC
I am also experiencing this problem.

This issue seems to be a duplicate of bug 75672.


Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2002-12-17 21:09:24 UTC
Closing bug as WONTFIX due to lack of activity and/or response to
providing requested information.  Please feel free to answer the
questions above, and supply the requested info, then reopen if this
issue is still relevant and important to you.