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CrazyTux

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Registered: 2013-08-23

Posts: 32

Weird Xorg problems when switching tty

When I use ctrl-alt-f(n) to switch tty, I see the whole screen somehow "move" to the left before I get to the linux console. When I'm back in the desktop, Xorg is using 100% CPU, some keys don't work (volume control; ctrl-alt-del restarts instead of giving me the Xfce logout menu), and my Xfce keybindings don't work, e.g. super-return to start mate-terminal. After X returns to normal, the programs/volume popups do appear, for some reason.

journalctl gives me this:

Jun 03 09:11:59 tux-440 acpid[496]: client 523[0:0] has disconnected
Jun 03 09:11:59 tux-440 acpid[496]: client connected from 523[0:0]
Jun 03 09:11:59 tux-440 acpid[496]: 1 client rule loaded

Is Xorg crashing?

I'm using a T-440 Thinkpad with intel graphics, if that helps.

EDIT: It just happened again after plugging in my Das Keyboard, but I didn't get those acpid messages, just some stuff from the kernel about plugging in a USB device.

Last edited by CrazyTux (2015-06-03 07:34:35)

Malkymder

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Registered: 2015-05-13

Posts: 258

Re: Weird Xorg problems when switching tty

Posting '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' would be a start

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_post