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?
it might be a kernel bug.
Ill download and try 2.4.18 tonight. I was using 2.4.17-r3
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
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
the problem was addressed and appears fixed by emerging baselayout-1.7.3-r1. Kudos to Martin Schlemmer for that fix. Howard