[BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

[Chevelle]

     If you can kill the Marco process from another console and the 
problem clears, then you will know that is probably it.  I set up Debian 
to use Metacity, which is not difficult.  If you want the instructions, 
let me know, but it isn't a good long term solution.

If the problem happens, you can get out of it by pressing insert-space 
in ORCA, or possibly by moving the mouse pointer.


On 4/10/2023 3:55 PM, S. Massy wrote:
> Hello,
> Interesting idea. Might be worth trying a different window manager.
> Thanks,
> S.M.
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 03:50:32PM -0400, Chevelle wrote:
>>      Are you running Mate?  Maybe it could be related to the bug where the
>> Marco process becomes hung, but this is just a guess.
>>
>>
>> On 4/10/2023 11:20 AM, S. Massy wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Starting in the last two years or so, I have been seeing applications
>>> become unresponsive when I am not in X. A typical example is the spotify
>>> client. If I set music playing and then switch to a TTY, playback will
>>> eventually stop, usually when a new track would start. Furthermore,
>>> trying to talk to the client via D-BUS from the console will block until
>>> I switch back to X. All of this used to work fine until circa 2021. I
>>> assume this is linked to some kind of security policy but I'm not sure
>>> where to start. Has anybody any suggestions?
>>> Thanks,
>>> S.M.