Bug#867745: libpam-systemd: log out from a TTY and your X input devices get lost!

[Grant Chesy]

Followup-For: Bug #806256
Package: systemd
Version: 232-25

Hello, I also experienced this bug.

steps to reproduce:
1. start X with startx
2. switch to any VT from X
3. log in as the same user* as the user running X
4. logout from VT.  If login to the VT was as the same user as the user 
running X, the VT closed and I was automatically switched back to X 
without input working.

*If the login to the VT was as root, the problem did not occur.  Upon 
logout, the VT just displayed a new login prompt, as expected, and I was 
able to switch back to the functioning X session logged in as my regular 
user.

Reproducible=always.

In my case, no keypresses would work after returning to X except magic 
sysreq.  But, X was still updating the display.  xorg cpu utilization 
went to 120% while in this broken state (dual core 8yr old netbook).

Since you asked the original submitter about window manager, I am 
running e17.

I reverted back to sysvinit/uninstalled systemd (and configured Xwrapper 
to run X as root again, so it would start without the systemd bits). 
With systemd gone, the problem no longer occurs.