<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the reply!<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">> Does your Arch use <span id="a4a0956b-2f05-4656-914a-8dfc8fa4cf7d" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">systemd</span>?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">> Is your *buntu not using <span id="28367dfa-4620-47db-88ca-b22706fe575e" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">systemd</span>?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Yes to both.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">I am aware of the on-demand "feature" and did what you proposed (had already done the same for half of the terminals). </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">After testing I noticed something more specific.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Suppose the following tty2<span id="7bfad271-ef56-49fa-996f-725b372fa9a5" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">,</span>3 or VT: </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">1. Ctrl+Alt+F2: logged in user in console (no X)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">2. Ctrl+Alt+F3: logged in user in console (no X)</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">3. Ctrl+Alt+F4: logged in user in <span id="5ed39346-0c87-44da-ad1b-1c62d9a533fc" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Desktop Environment</span> (X)</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">4. Ctrl+Alt+F5: logged in user in <span id="dc675927-59cb-48e4-890b-418fe7c66d88" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Desktop Environment</span> (X)</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">From 1 to 2, or 2 to 1 there is no delay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">From 1,2 to 3, or 1,2 to 4 there is **no** delay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">From 3,4 to 1,2 there **is** delay.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">From 3 to 4, or 4 to 3, there **is**delay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Do you think I should post to <span id="92879b6d-0314-4dca-8a0a-0f6586dca8ed" class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">systemd</span> for this?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>constantine<br></div> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:38 AM, constantine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:costas.magnuse@gmail.com" target="_blank">costas.magnuse@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all!<div><br></div><div>I am encountering a peculiar problem with Fast User Switching or Kernel Mode Setting and I do not know how to troubleshoot it.<div><br><div>When I run two (or more) Virtual Terminals switching between them (Ctrl+Alt+F2-3, etc.) takes 2+ seconds. (That is either simply initiated with <span>startx</span> from tty2 and tty3 or as different displays with <span>KDisplay Manager</span> (kdm) in<span> :</span>0 and<span> :</span>1)</div><div><br></div><div>I am using an <span>intel</span> graphics driver so I suppose KMS should be enabled by default and this seems to be the case, but there still are delays <span>swithing</span> VTs.</div><div><br></div><div>I have followed the instructions at <a href="http://carlosbecker.com/posts/how-to-enable-kms-on-i915-graphiccard-archlinux/" target="_blank">http://carlosbecker.com/posts/how-to-enable-kms-on-i915-graphiccard-archlinux/</a> <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting" target="_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting</a> <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics" target="_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics</a> but I am still experiencing the problem. </div><div><br></div><div>Last, I am certain it is not a hardware related issue, because I can fast switch in <span>ubuntu</span>, but not in Arch <span>linux</span>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>$ <span>sudo</span> cat /sys/module/i915/parameters/<span>modeset</span></div><div>1</div></div><div><br></div><div>### Note: ### Before starting the "process" of enabling KMS (which I suppose it should be enabled in the first place, right?) this value was: -1</div><div><br></div><div><div>$ <span>uname</span> -a</div><div>Linux <span>myhostname</span> 3.16.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 6 08:22:27 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux</div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>$ lsmod | grep -e drm -e 915 -e kms</div><div>crc32_pclmul 12915 0 </div><div>scsi_mod 142915 4 uas,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod</div><div>i915 864879 8 </div><div><span>button</span> 12909 1 i915</div><div>i2c_algo_bit 12744 1 i915</div><div><span>video</span> 17995 1 i915</div><div>drm_kms_helper 49262 1 i915</div><div><span>drm</span> 258005 10 i915<span>,</span>drm_kms_helper</div><div>i2c_core 50152 5 <span>drm</span><span>,</span>i915<span>,</span>i2c_i801<span>,</span>drm_kms_helper<span>,</span>i2c_algo_bit</div><div>intel_gtt 17848 2 i915<span>,</span>intel_agp</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>$ <span>sudo</span> lspci -vvnn | head -28 | tail -21</div><div>00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0152] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])</div><div> Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device [1849:0152]</div><div> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+</div><div> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-</div><div> Latency: 0</div><div> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 40</div><div> Region 0: Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]</div><div> Region 2: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]</div><div> Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=64]</div><div> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]</div><div> Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-</div><div> Address: fee0f00c Data: 4181</div><div> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2</div><div> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)</div><div> Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-</div><div> Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features</div><div> <span>AFCap</span>: TP+ FLR+</div><div> <span>AFCtrl</span>: FLR-</div><div> <span>AFStatus</span>: TP-</div><div> Kernel driver in use: i915</div><div> Kernel modules: i915</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>$ head -10 /var/log/Xorg<span>.</span>0<span>.</span>log</div><div>[ 4.919] </div><div><span>X.</span>Org X Server 1.16.1</div><div>Release Date: 2014-09-21</div><div><span>[ </span>4.919] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0</div><div><span>[ </span>4.919] Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.1-1-ARCH x86_64 </div><div><span>[ </span>4.919] Current Operating System: Linux <span>myhostname</span> 3.16.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 6 08:22:27 CEST 2014 x86_64</div><div><span>[ </span>4.919] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-<span>linux</span> root=UUID=af9a90ee-5db2-4abf-b8be-006a65e9f09e <span>rw</span> quiet video=SVIDEO-1<span>:</span>d</div><div><span>[ </span>4.920] Build Date: 21 September 2014 10:53:13AM</div><div>[ 4.920] </div><div><span>[ </span>4.920] Current version of <span>pixman</span>: 0.32.6</div></div><div><br></div><div>### Note: ### As kernel parameters I have also tried video=SVIDEO-1<span>:</span>d, i915<span>.</span>modeset=1, and nothing, but neither works.</div><div><br></div> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div>