Re: Keyboard problem on first login

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On Wednesday 10 November 2004 15:52, Christoffer Sawicki wrote:
> > 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

That worked, thank you a lot!

> 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]>

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Linux 2.6.9 #1 Mon Nov 1 12:01:23 CET 2004 i686
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