Chvt fails after starting second X

[gregrwm]

This seems consistent enough that it ought to be reported. i’m posting here for help with getting it reported it in a useful and effective way. This bug happens in ubuntu tho i was less successful pinning it down there, but here in manjaro it’s consistently repeatable, i’ve tried it on these manjaro ISO live systems:

manjaro-kde-21.1.6-minimal-211017-linux54.iso
manjaro-kde-21.1.6-minimal-211017-linux513.iso
manjaro-i3-21.1.2-210907-linux513.iso

and on my installed system i’ve tried it booting up with these kernels:

vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64

To invoke the bug simply

1. boot up either the iso or the installed kernel
2. ignore sddm and switch to ctl-alt-F2
3. login
4. switch to ctl-alt-F3 just to see that it works
5. switch to sddm just to see that it works
6. switch to ctl-alt-F2
7. startx /bin/xterm #or konsole, qterminal, or i3-sensible-terminal
8. switch to ctl-alt-F3 just to see that it works
9. switch to ctl-alt-F2 just to see that it works
10. switch to sddm just to see that it…doesn’t work!

On kde systems sddm is on ctl-alt-F7, on the others it’s on ctl-alt-F1.

[mithrial]

And what’s the bug?

[gregrwm]

@mithrial

what’s the bug?

Trying to change back to the sddm VT doesn’t work!

Except that i just tried it on

vmlinuz-5.16-x86_64

and the bug doesn’t show up there. Well then, i’ll guess i’ll presume it’s fixed now, unless and until i run into it again on newer kernels.