[Bug 1822184] Re: clear_console locks up video when X is running and you log out from a plain text console

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  clear_console locks up video when X is running and you log out from a
  plain text console

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  References:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810660
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=866898

  
  If X is running and you switch to a plain text console (ie ctrl-alt-f3), log in as a regular user, and then log out, the display switches back to the graphical login screen and locks up.  The system is still functioning (can ssh in, etc) but the video output is frozen.

  The underlying cause is:
  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues/492

  However, the problem can at least be worked around by making
  clear_console switch to tty 6 and back instead of switching to 1 and
  back.  This patch corrects the problem:

  
  --- bash-4.4.18.orig/debian/clear_console.c     2019-03-28 12:09:02.415907787 -0400
  +++ bash-4.4.18/debian/clear_console.c  2019-03-28 12:08:11.984366858 -0400
  @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
   #if defined(__linux__)
     num = vtstat.v_active;
   #endif
  -  tmp_num = (num == 1 ? 2 : 1);
  +  tmp_num = (num == 6 ? 5 : 6);
   
     /* switch vt to clear the scrollback buffer */
     if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, tmp_num))

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