VTs and QT blocks [Solved]

[signals]

Has the hash symbol been reinstated in front of the XSESSION="Gnome" by something, by any chance?

That was the first thing I checked.. And no, it hasn't.

One thing I noticed, the last time it actually worked, was that I see that same blank VT for a second just after the splash screen exits and before gdm starts. So, I'm guessing the blank screen I see is the VT that the bootsplash is running on and it's just not switching VTs. I wasn't sure if it was changing to the wrong VT or if it wasn't changing VTs at all. I'm guessing it is the latter.

[Fitzcarraldo]

1. I just want to make sure I understand correctly what you are experiencing. Are you saying that: a) before adding XSESSION="Gnome" to /etc/env.d/90xsession your PC never switched to TTY7 (i.e. the problem was definitely deterministic); b) after adding XESESSION="Gnome" to /etc/env.d/90xsession your PC sometimes switches to TTY7 (i.e. the problem is definitely intermittent)?

2. Does you kernel boot line in /boot/grub/grub.conf look similar to that shown in the excerpt from my grub.conf below?:

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title=Sabayon Linux x86-64 (2.6.29-sabayon)
   root (hd0,2)
   kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-sabayon root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda6 quiet init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 resume=swap:/dev/sda7
   initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.29-sabayon

3. Try moving xdm to the default runlevel, because I still think this might be a cause (you can, of course, move it back again afterwards if it does not solve the problem):

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rc-update del xdm boot && rc-update add xdm default

4. Can you also post your /etc/rc.conf file in this thread, please?

5. Have a look through /var/log/rc.log to see if you can spot anything.

[signals]

Thanks for all of the help on this. Sorry, I got busy with other configuration tasks on my computer and sort of forgot about this post.

But, this is going to annoy you. It certainly annoys me. It hasn't happened at all for the last week or so. Granted, I don't reboot very often, but it's been working flawlessly each time I do. I don't know what I changed. I have really only installed and upgraded things with emerge, and even then, I don't remember upgrading anything that would seem to be related to this problem.

Again, thanks for all of the help with this, before. I am very happy with the state of my Sabayon Linux system now. Should the problem come back, I will post what I can so we can try to diagnose it. But for now, there's no longer anything to troubleshoot...

[Fitzcarraldo]

Glad to hear that it's resolved.