[Solved] tty1 is sluggish

When switching to tty1 from running X, the input becomes very sluggish. However all other sesssions works just fine without and noticeable lag. Any idea what happening to tty1?
Last edited by lordmetroid (2010-07-01 20:23:11)

Yeah, but isn't that what the slim-tty-slowness.patch is supposed to fix?
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18313
http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/package … ness.patch
What version of slim are you running? If it's the one from the Repo then its's patched already. If you are running one from the AUR like "slim-cursor" which doesn't include this patch then that could be your issue.

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SOLVED:it was a problem with my disk, which I was able to solve
Last edited by el mariachi (2008-08-12 20:52:17)

el mariachi wrote:
Zero-fill format: check!
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This is really troublesome, as an action that used to take a few seconds, now takes minutes and won't let me use any other apps. As soon as the writing is over, everything is fast and joyful again.
The cpu is not being used 100%, neither memory is being "eaten".
Any idea as to what may be causing this? Disk problems?
Thanks fellas
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ibendiben wrote:
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[SOLVED] auto-logout of tty1 after logout of desktop env. possible?

I don't know if I am missing something...
I have recently posted here about running X with different screen solutions: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191255
I now added the auto-login configuration described here and that helps, except that when I logout, I am stuck at the tty1 console again as opposed to going straight back into auto-login and starting X. I know it's just a simple Ctrl+D to logout of the console, but I would prefer to:
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Last edited by drtebi (2015-01-10 23:48:18)

Trilby wrote:
We know what the issue is - but how you start X determines what will happen when it is done. If you use the exec command as advised, you will be logged out of the tty as soon as X exits, and as you've set up autologin, you will be immediately logged back in. I have this set up here - it works.
But hey, if you're so sure your problem couldn't possibly be solved, I'll leave you to be unhappy.
Not in my nature to be unhappy
So let me try to give you all the details of my setup:
I have setup autologin to the console, as described in Automatic login to virtual console.
Once logged in at the console, ~/.bash_profile starts my desktop environment Enlightenment.
Here is my ~/.bash_profile:
# ~/.bash_profile
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
# prompt
export PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
# Auto-login to Enlightenment
if [[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]]
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if [ $RESOLUTION = 'lowres' ]
then
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The file ~/.RESOLUTION simply contains this:
RESOLUTION=hires
~/.bash_profile sources this file and sets the environment variable RESOLUTION, which is then used by ~/.xinitrc
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#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Arch Linux Default
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
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[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
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fi
# start Enlightenment according to the
# environment variable RESOLUTION
if [ $RESOLUTION = 'lowres' ]
then
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else
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I have created a script called resw that looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/bash
# @author: [email protected]
# @since: 2015-01-09
# @version: 0.1
# @bugs: Works but should really also logout of tty1
# Script that pops up a zenity list menu
# with a 'lowres' and 'hires' option. When
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# will change it's 'RESOLUTION' value to the one chosen, and
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# to act accordingly.
RESOLUTION=`zenity \
--title="Choose Resolution" \
--width=680 --height=230 \
--list --column="Variable" --column="Description" \
hires "Switch to high resolution [3840x2400]" \
lowres "Switch to low resolution [1920x1200]"`
if [[ $RESOLUTION = 'hires' ]]
then
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enlightenment_remote -exit
elif [[ $RESOLUTION = 'lowres' ]]
then
sed -i s/hires/lowres/ ~/.RESOLUTION
enlightenment_remote -exit
else
exit 0
fi
As you can probably make out from the comments in that file, this is what happens when I run the script:
- A window with a selection-list pops up where I can choose "hires" or "lowres"
- When I choose either of these, the script rewrites the file ~/.RESOLUTION accordingly
- The script calls Enlightenment's "exit" function, which shuts down Enlightenment
- Restarting Enlightenment now will have ~/.bash_profile and ~/.xinitrc use the value that's set in ~/.RESOLUTION to start Enlightenment with the corresponding xorg.conf or xorg.conf-2k file
Everything works as expected, but what I am trying to accomplish is, that Enlightenment will automatically restart after I use the script above.
A manual logout does that once back at the console (tty1). But I can not seem to trigger that logout from the script.
In other words, everything works as expected, but after the script runs and Enlightenment exits, I have to manually do Ctrl+D to logout, which in turn does the automatic login again.
I know it may sound a bit overkill... but it would really be nice to get this working.
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I hope it all makes sense, I would really be happy to find a solution for this...

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[SOLVED] Automatic login to TTY1, openbox error

SOLUTION at the last post.
Hello,
I was trying to create the systemd autologin.service, to log into TTY1 right after boot.
I have been following the instructions on the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Au … al_console
PROBLEM: after boot, the login happens a few times with an error, flashing, and then dissapears leaving with a basic underscore " _ ". I can still use TTY2.
If I go back to TT1, I see the following error multiple times, (maybe its a loop):
Last login: today, etc TTY1
Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable.
Which is weird because I don't have openbox set to autostart or anything, I think. (.xinitrc is basic as well; .dmrc has kde-plasma set.)
+Info:
$ systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
[email protected] loaded failed failed Getty on tty1
$ systemctl status [email protected]
[email protected] - Getty on tty1
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2013-02-08 01:02:10 CET; 8min ago
Docs: man:agetty(8)
man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
Process: 878 ExecStart=/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400 linux (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Any hints on what could be it? What file should I check?
Thanks in advance! Cheers!
Last edited by ubunchu (2013-02-21 09:34:15)

systemctl list-unit-files
UNIT FILE STATE
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount static
dev-hugepages.mount static
dev-mqueue.mount static
proc-fs-nfsd.mount static
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount static
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount static
sys-kernel-config.mount static
sys-kernel-debug.mount static
tmp.mount static
var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount static
cups.path enabled
systemd-ask-password-console.path static
systemd-ask-password-wall.path static
accounts-daemon.service disabled
adb.service disabled
atieventsd.service disabled
[email protected] enabled
[email protected] disabled
avahi-daemon.service disabled
avahi-dnsconfd.service disabled
blkmapd.service disabled
bluetooth.service disabled
brltty.service disabled
canberra-system-bootup.service disabled
canberra-system-shutdown-reboot.service disabled
canberra-system-shutdown.service disabled
colord.service static
console-getty.service disabled
console-shell.service disabled
cronie.service disabled
cups-browsed.service disabled
cups.service enabled
cupsd.service disabled
dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service static
dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service static
dbus-org.freedesktop.login1.service static
dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service enabled
dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service static
dbus.service static
debug-shell.service disabled
dhcpcd.service disabled
[email protected] disabled
emergency.service static
fancontrol.service disabled
ftpd.service disabled
gdm.service disabled
[email protected] disabled
[email protected] static
gpm.service disabled
healthd.service disabled
ip6tables.service disabled
iptables.service disabled
irexec.service disabled
kdm.service disabled
krb5-kadmind.service disabled
krb5-kdc.service disabled
krb5-kpropd.service disabled
[email protected] static
lightdm.service disabled
lirc.service disabled
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lxdm.service disabled
mdadm.service disabled
mysqld.service disabled
net-auto-wired.service disabled
net-auto-wireless.service disabled
net-profiles.service disabled
netcfg.service disabled
[email protected] disabled
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[email protected] static
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[email protected] static
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systemd-hybrid-sleep.service static
systemd-initctl.service static
systemd-journal-flush.service static
systemd-journal-gatewayd.service static
systemd-journald.service static
systemd-kexec.service static
systemd-localed.service static
systemd-logind.service static
systemd-modules-load.service static
systemd-poweroff.service static
systemd-quotacheck.service static
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systemd-random-seed-save.service static
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systemd-vconsole-setup.service static
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upower.service disabled
usbmuxd.service static
[email protected] static
uuidd.service static
vncserver.service disabled
winbindd.service disabled
[email protected] disabled
[email protected] disabled
wpa_supplicant.service disabled
[email protected] disabled
x11vnc.service static
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dbus.socket static
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saned.socket disabled
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systemd-shutdownd.socket static
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cryptsetup.target static
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hybrid-sleep.target static
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nss-lookup.target static
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systemd-readahead-done.timer static
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer static
225 unit files listed.
For some reason I can't disable "autologin@tty1".
Yes, this is a vanilla arch (customised by myself).
This is what I have done:
cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
-Edited the file: /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
the line: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear %I 38400 linux
to be like this: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1
sudo systemctl enable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl start autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target
-now tried disabling:
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1 (again)
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
-no output, looks like it does not disable it

[SOLVED] Slow/sluggish touchpad buttons response (sometimes)

Hi all,
I have had this problem for some months now but have never looked into it, even if it is pretty annoying.
Sometimes (say one boot every three) the touchpad buttons of my laptop (see sig) behave strangely. Their response time is very long, I have to keep them pressed for ~half a second to make them trigger correctly.
This is very annoying when editing texts (selection a section of text with the touchpad) and using any click intensive application (ie editing a presentation with Prezi).
I use KDE and the only touchpad configuration I've ever done has been done via synaptiks.
I cannot tell after what update this started, it was too long ago unfortunately.
Since this happens only sometimes I don't even know where to start looking!
EDIT: I stress the fact that this happens with buttons, not with tapping
Last edited by OdinEidolon (2014-06-29 09:19:30)

Just FYI,
this one solved itself some months ago after some kind of update.

[SOLVED] Can't log into tty1

This started some time while I was setting up X: When I try to log into tty1 (tty2 to tty6 works), it gives some error message and logs out immediately. Since it clears the screen after logging out, I can't make out any more of the error message than "/etc/X11". How do I figure out what's happening, or if someone knows what's wrong, how do I fix it?
Last edited by howardh (2012-11-13 06:03:02)

There seems to be a seg fault in there, but I have no idea what it means.
[ 41.304] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: always reports core events
[ 41.304] (**) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 41.304] (--) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Vendor 0x17aa Product 0x5054
[ 41.304] (--) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Found keys
[ 41.304] (II) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Configuring as keyboard
[ 41.304] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input5/event5"
[ 41.304] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ThinkPad Extra Buttons" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[ 41.304] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 41.304] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 41.304] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 520.244] (EE)
[ 520.244] (EE) Backtrace:
[ 520.247] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x58a006]
[ 520.247] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x18de59) [0x58de59]
[ 520.247] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fa9ea419000+0xf1a0) [0x7fa9ea4281a0]
[ 520.248] (EE) 3: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x4d7d0) [0x44d7d0]
[ 520.248] (EE) 4: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x142ef8) [0x542ef8]
[ 520.248] (EE) 5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13d474) [0x53d474]
[ 520.248] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/X (mieqProcessDeviceEvent+0x1b5) [0x56b795]
[ 520.248] (EE) 7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2f4bc) [0x42f4bc]
[ 520.248] (EE) 8: /usr/bin/X (DisableDevice+0xbc) [0x430c6c]
[ 520.248] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x31152) [0x431152]
[ 520.248] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x26935) [0x426935]
[ 520.248] (EE) 11: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fa9e90b8725]
[ 520.248] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x26c6d) [0x426c6d]
[ 520.248] (EE)
[ 520.248] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0xd0
[ 520.248]
Fatal server error:
[ 520.248] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 520.248]
[ 520.248] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 520.248] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 520.249] (EE)
[ 520.266] (II) evdev: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Close
[ 520.266] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.280] (II) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Close
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
[ 520.280] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.280] (II) evdev: Integrated Camera: Close
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.280] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.280] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
[ 520.280] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 520.748] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

[solved] xorg on tty1

Hello,
I have two rather newly installed Archlinux systems (one some months ago, the second a few days ago) and on both xorg runs in tty1 instead of tty7.
Is that normal behavior? (It seems strange to me.) Where and how can I configure on which console X is starting up?
Also, there are no real error messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Just some warnings about falling back to old probing methods and not being able to load modules which aren't installed like fbdev and nvidia (on the machine with Nvidia chipset). Btw. do I need the modesetting module??
Also, both are old machines: Dell Latitude C840 (Nvidia 440Go) and Dell Dimension 2400 (Intel 845GV).
The Dell Dimension currently also has some problems that X only shows a blank screen with just a mouse pointer when starting lxdm. But still no error messages neither in Xorg.0.log nor in lxdm.log. A few days ago it worked well after setting rendering method to UXA for the Intel driver as stated in the wiki.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Last edited by cro (2013-09-18 19:25:38)

Thanks for your answers!
qinohe wrote:Hi, you could always use SNA again, if that works.
About the tty, yes that is normal, and is due to switching to Systemd, only starts one getty by default.
Maybe this helps https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd_FAQ
With the Intel driver on the old machine SNA runs worse (just 256 colors or something) than UXA, that's why I switched. I wouldn't have changed the default without a reason.
Ok, for fixing the current problem with the blank screen, I switched back to default (SNA I guess) and got the same result as earlier (works but 256 colors or something like that). But then as I switched back to UXA it worked again. How strange is that? No change in configuration but different behavior. Could it be some kind of problem with intial hardware state?? It really seems so. After cold restart same problem again, and after switching to SNA and back to UXA it works again. Should I post a bug report? But where?
Ah ok, I didn't got the news that X in Arch now runs by default in tty1 (or as I read the calling tty - Why has systemd a tty, isn't it a daemon??). Also, I found no mention of this fact in the wiki, but maybe it's there. I obviously missed that systemd FAQ although I read a lot about systemd before and after I switched my system to it.
I still mainly use a very old Archlinux Installation (I installed around 2005-2007), of course properly updated but some differences remain as I see, e.g. Xorg runs on tty7 as I am used to.
Trilby wrote:
Actually it is not because there is only one tty started. If that were the case it would start on tty2, as the previous behavior was to start X on the first free tty.
Now X is (by default) not started on the first free tty, but instead the calling tty is used. If you run startx in tty2, X will run in tty2. This is set in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc.
You can easily override this by adjusting that file, or (preferrably) by specifying a vt number when you start x, eg `xinit -- vt7`.
Thanks for the information!
Letting X start on the calling tty seems a bit too random for my taste.
$ cat /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
#!/bin/sh
if [ -z "$XDG_VTNR" ]; then
exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@"
else
exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@" vt$XDG_VTNR
fi
Well, where is XDG_VTNR set?? Can't find it in /etc:
$ grep -r "XDG_VTNR" /etc/
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc:if [ -z "$XDG_VTNR" ]; then
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@" vt$XDG_VTNR
Last edited by cro (2013-09-17 13:39:46)

[SOLVED] Syslog output flooding tty1

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Last edited by lasersquid (2011-08-05 18:37:38)

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