Bug 94272

Summary:	machinectl shell causes screen to get scrambled
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	rosenp
Component:	Server/DDX/Xorg	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description rosenp 2016-02-24 00:50:56 UTC

Typing "machinectl shell" on GNOME 3.18 and typing in the password to get a root shell causes the entire screen to get scrambled with a junk image. all random looking and whatnot. su and sudo cause no problems. neither does ssh root@localhost. I can't see any useful journald output either.

Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2016-02-26 10:01:48 UTC

Looks like machinectl / polkitd is doing something funky wrt VTs: The first time I run it, it switches away from X to an empty VT with just a blinking cursor. However, the line

 (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch

only appears in the Xorg log when I switch to *another* VT, so apparently the Xorg server/driver doesn't get notified about the first VT switch. As such, it can't really be a graphics driver issue. Reassigning to Xorg for now.

Comment 2 GitLab Migration User 2018-12-13 18:30:08 UTC

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