linuxmint / linuxmint/slick-greeter
Display stays on VT7 after logout, greeter renders correctly on VT8 but VT switch doesn't occur
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Description
hardware: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th gen, Intel HD Graphics 620
OS: Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena)
slick-greeter version: 2.2.6+zena
The exact symptom: display stays on VT7 after logout, greeter renders correctly on VT8 but VT switch doesn't occur
The key log evidence from /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log showing Activating VT 8 succeeding but display not switching
The greeter log showing the correct background loads successfully
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the logout behavior on the listed ThinkPad with Linux Mint 22.3, then inspect /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log and the greeter log around activation of VT8. Done means the greeter still renders correctly and the display switches from VT7 to VT8 after logout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100