f18: Quick switching between gnome-shell desktop and some tty1 lets my box freeze

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:38:10 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using kernel-3.6.9-1.fc18.x86_64 and a fully updated f18.
>
> Problem: If I switch bewteen the gnome-shell desktop and some tty
> (ctrl+alt+Fn) rather quickly, then it happens very often that after some
> time my box freezes if switching back from that tty to the gnome-shell
> desktop.
> 
> Anybody has seen this too?

Well, I just gave it a try and lost this session. ;) Arrived at the virtual
console, switched back to X, but screen turnt black, monitor lost signal
and entered power-saving mode. System didn't respond anymore. 

ATI Radeon.

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