[snap] Can't ever VT switch (Ctrl+Alt+Fn) while the deb2snap Mir service is running

[Daniel van Vugt]

Can't ever VT switch (Ctrl+Alt+Fn) while the Mir service is running.

This doesn't just happen for mir_demo_server_minimal but also mir_proving_server where it definitely should work. So it looks like the Mir service created by deb2snap is missing some privilege required to VT-switch (tty group??).

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

That would be surprising, but not impossible.

The Mir framework package is running unconfined as root. There's very little it shouldn't be able to do.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Invalid for Mir. The mir demos work fine.

It's only when packaged for snappy that the bug exists.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Then again, we don't have a valid project to log snappy bugs against :(

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Also if you're building an appliance it might be a *feature* that VT switching doesn't work. Still would be nice to know why...

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Apparently some other impassable bugs are magically fixed since Snappy became an official release. This needs retesting.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Mir because there has been no activity for 60 days.]