Re: keyboard problem in graphical login

From: Clive Menzies (clive_at_clivemenzies.co.uk)
Date: 10/26/04

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    On (26/10/04 11:49), jeroeng wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > Ik have a weird problem i hope you will be able to help me with.
    >
    > Problem:
    > After upgrading my sarge-system (lots of packages, no idea which causes the
    > problem) suddenly i cannot type letters in de kdm-login window. Numbers and
    > other keys work just fine, just no letters. In a console login i don't have
    > problems.
    >
    > Things i tried:
    > *restart xserver (ctrl-bksp works just fine)
    > *restart kdm from console login (selected with my mouse)
    > *dpkg-reconfigure kdm
    > *install gdm: same problem, no letters, just numbers and other keys
    >
    > In the console my keyboard is just fine and i am able to use startx. That
    > boots gnome automatically, eventhough i always use kde. Startkde results in
    > errors ($display not set?). After booting into gnome i can use all my keys
    > again and am i able to start kde programs (and still use all my keys). This
    > way i also was able to check my kdm settings in kcontrol.
    >
    > In the Bugtracker i could only find errors where the whole keyboard fails,
    > not just the letters. That involved kdm setting the wrong terminal, but my
    > terminal is vt7 and i have the same problem in gdm.
    > Once i am in gnome bypassing de display managerlogin everything is fine
    > again, so i guess it is not related to the xserver.
    >
    > Now i do not know what to check anymore, i hope one/some of you can help me
    > solve this.
    Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

    HTH

    Clive 

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