Can not switch to TTY - frozen desktop is shown instead
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On one machine (Dell Latitude E7440) running Ubuntu 16.04, when I try to switch to a TTY (e.g. using Ctrl+Alt+F1 or sudo chvt 1), nothing happens.
I keep seeing the last state of my graphical desktop instead of a TTY terminal login, although it is frozen and not accepting any input. Switching back to TTY7 using Ctrl+Alt+F7 brings the desktop back to life as expected.
Why can I not switch to a TTY terminal on this system? How can I diagnose and fix the issue?
$ lspci -k | grep -iEA4 '3d|vga|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
16.04 dell tty
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On one machine (Dell Latitude E7440) running Ubuntu 16.04, when I try to switch to a TTY (e.g. using Ctrl+Alt+F1 or sudo chvt 1), nothing happens.
I keep seeing the last state of my graphical desktop instead of a TTY terminal login, although it is frozen and not accepting any input. Switching back to TTY7 using Ctrl+Alt+F7 brings the desktop back to life as expected.
Why can I not switch to a TTY terminal on this system? How can I diagnose and fix the issue?
$ lspci -k | grep -iEA4 '3d|vga|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
16.04 dell tty
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
60k26159270
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Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added thelspci -koutput to my question.
– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into thettywhat I see is the log ofstartxcommand that has been run on the tty whichXis running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.
– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
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@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02
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On one machine (Dell Latitude E7440) running Ubuntu 16.04, when I try to switch to a TTY (e.g. using Ctrl+Alt+F1 or sudo chvt 1), nothing happens.
I keep seeing the last state of my graphical desktop instead of a TTY terminal login, although it is frozen and not accepting any input. Switching back to TTY7 using Ctrl+Alt+F7 brings the desktop back to life as expected.
Why can I not switch to a TTY terminal on this system? How can I diagnose and fix the issue?
$ lspci -k | grep -iEA4 '3d|vga|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
16.04 dell tty
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
60k26159270
On one machine (Dell Latitude E7440) running Ubuntu 16.04, when I try to switch to a TTY (e.g. using Ctrl+Alt+F1 or sudo chvt 1), nothing happens.
I keep seeing the last state of my graphical desktop instead of a TTY terminal login, although it is frozen and not accepting any input. Switching back to TTY7 using Ctrl+Alt+F7 brings the desktop back to life as expected.
Why can I not switch to a TTY terminal on this system? How can I diagnose and fix the issue?
$ lspci -k | grep -iEA4 '3d|vga|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
16.04 dell tty
16.04 dell tty
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
60k26159270
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
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edited Jan 29 at 9:26
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
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asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
60k26159270
asked Jan 29 at 9:01
Byte Commander
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Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added thelspci -koutput to my question.
– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into thettywhat I see is the log ofstartxcommand that has been run on the tty whichXis running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.
– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
1
@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02
add a comment |Â
1
Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added thelspci -koutput to my question.
– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into thettywhat I see is the log ofstartxcommand that has been run on the tty whichXis running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.
– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
1
@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02
1
1
Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added the
lspci -k output to my question.– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added the
lspci -k output to my question.– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into the
tty what I see is the log of startx command that has been run on the tty which X is running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into the
tty what I see is the log of startx command that has been run on the tty which X is running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
1
1
@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02
@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02
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Does this laptop have a graphics card?
– muru
Jan 29 at 9:19
@muru No, only the integrated Intel Haswell graphics. Added the
lspci -koutput to my question.– Byte Commander
Jan 29 at 9:25
Have you solved the problem? I've got a similar situation, instead of getting into the
ttywhat I see is the log ofstartxcommand that has been run on the tty whichXis running, most of the times I can't even return to my working tty and I have to reboot. Haswell here too.– Ravexina
Apr 3 at 10:51
1
@Ravexina Nope, no news from my side. But strangely, currently it works. Maybe it was related to the docking station I used? Don't have access to it currently though, so can't verify that...
– Byte Commander
Apr 3 at 11:02