~kennylevinsen/greetd#25: greetd: terminal flicker issue

greetd/src/server.rs on line 27 calls

term.vt_setactivate(*vt)?;

However TerminalMode::Terminal constructed with hardcoded switch: true or switch: false.

When greetd is started with agreety for multiple terminals, each greetd results in calling term.vt_setactivate which causes:

flickering from terminal to terminal
active terminal remains the last one greetd process is started for, then user should select Ctrl+Alt+f1 if first terminal is needed for login

I would suggest to add switch option in ConfigTerminal, and pass it to TerminalMode::Terminal, so that primary terminal could be configured to call term.vt_setactivate and others not.

Status: REPORTED
Submitter: ~muradm
Assigned to: No-one
Submitted: 3 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago
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~muradm 3 years ago

Another (also arguably better) way could be delaying greetd worker until designated terminal is active.

Probably in greetd/src/server.rs right after:
    let term_mode = get_tty(&config)?;
it could be possible to wait for term_mode.vt to become active before proceeding using any of:

ioctl: VT_WAITACTIVE

inotify: /sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0/active

or similar

Then if user never switches to specific tty, greetd won't start worker and greeter for it.