Bug 94272 - machinectl shell causes screen to get scrambled
Summary: machinectl shell causes screen to get scrambled
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/DDX/Xorg (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2016-02-24 00:50 UTC by rosenp
Modified: 2018-12-13 18:30 UTC (History)
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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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