Re: xorg vt switching on thinkpad x41

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:09:08PM -0400, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> I just did a vanilla 5.0.1 install on my thinkpad x41 (from many years
> ago, no tablet), and Xorg isn't too happy.  After getting a seemingly
> functional X configuration via "X -configure", I noticed that while I
> can switch to another vt, I can't switch back to X.  Ctrl+Alt+F5 gives
> me a black screen instead.
> 
> Does anybody know what knobs I have to frob to get this to behave?

I've noticed the same issue on ThinkPad X60(s).

For some reason it works if I enable DRI (see drm(4)), but not otherwise.
Might be the infamous Intel driver, but go figure...

- Jukka.