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Bug 843 - Loss of keyboard functionality when gdm first starts
Summary: Loss of keyboard functionality when gdm first starts
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2002-02-24 21:25 UTC by Howard Powell
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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Description Howard Powell 2002-02-24 21:25:51 UTC
when gdm is started on boot for the first time, the keyboard hangs up and does
not respond.  If I ssh in from another machine and restart xdm using
/etc/init.d/xdm restart, the keyboard starts working again.

I have confirmed this with three machines, one with a standard keyboard, one
with a microsoft natural, and one laptop.  I have checked XF86config file for
errors, and have tried different settings for the keyboard setting, ranging from
no option set to settings as specific as possible.  

Any ideas?
Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-02-25 21:52:44 UTC
it might be a kernel bug.
Comment 2 Howard Powell 2002-02-25 22:00:16 UTC
Ill download and try 2.4.18 tonight.  I was using 2.4.17-r3
Comment 3 Bill Giannikos 2002-03-04 09:48:28 UTC
Here is a fix that worked for me.

Edit the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
Find the following line (should be on the last line):

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X

Then add "vt7" on the end to look like this:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7

Hope that helps,
Bill
Comment 4 Howard Powell 2002-03-04 11:36:53 UTC
That didnt work for me under gdm though.  Some other users on the
users@gentoo.org list are reporting problems with kdm and this, Martin has said
it has to do with the display manager getting started before the gettys which
locks up the keyboard until a reset of the manager is done.  He's working on a
solution.

Howard
Comment 5 Howard Powell 2002-03-04 17:25:09 UTC
the problem was addressed and appears fixed by emerging baselayout-1.7.3-r1. 
Kudos to Martin Schlemmer for that fix.

Howard