Re: Keyboard problem on first login

> since some time (~2 month) I suffer from a strange problem. After
> starting my box I can not type any text into kdm and thus not log in.
> I have to select "Console login" from kdm and restart kdm manually from
> the console, and then it eventually accepts my typing. My keyboard is
> not the problem, I checked with another.
>
> I noticed that always after having this problem I can find some strange
> characters on tty2, as if the password I try to type into kdm ends at
> tty2.
>
> My debian is fully updated, and IIRC the problem came after an X-update.
>
> Does anybody have an idea where this is coming from?

Hi,

This happens because X fails to change the virtual terminal correctly.
One possible solution (IIRC) is to add the VT you're using to
/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers, like this:

:0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp vt7

This bug has been reported to Debian and has IIRC been fixed somehow.
Skim through the Debian BTS and see if you can find it.

*/ Christoffer Sawicki <[email protected]>