Bug#586539: gdm on initial start at kfreebsd bootup does not allow keyboard input
Michael Dorrington
michael.dorrington at gmail.com
Sun Jun 20 12:29:53 UTC 2010
Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.10-3
Severity: important
In kfreebsd-i386[1] on boot gdm does not accept keyboard input. That is,
it will not allow anything to be typed into the Username box or allow
switching to another virtual console. The mouse still works.
A work around is to choose Action->"Run XDMCP chooser". This causes X to
restart and the keyboard input now works. Click Cancel, this returns to
gdm which now accepts keyboard input.
* kdm on kfreebsd-i386[1] also has this issue.
* gdm and kdm on i386[1] do not have this issue.
* xdm on kfreebsd-i386[1] and i386[1] does not have this issue.
An email to the debian-bsd list caused me to investigate this:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/06/msg00027.html
Regards,
Mike.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686)
Kernel: kFreeBSD 7.3-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration
management sy
ii gksu 2.0.2-3 graphical frontend to su
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.21-1 Library of functions for 2D
graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc0.1 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library:
Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-4 The Cairo 2D vector
graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-1 simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.86-1 simple interprocess
messaging syst
ii libdmx1 1:1.1.0-2 X11 Distributed Multihead
extensio
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration
library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine,
shared lib
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade
files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.30.1-1 A powerful object-oriented
display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-3 Pluggable Authentication
Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-3 Runtime support for the PAM
librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-3 Pluggable Authentication
Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.0-1 Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii librsvg2-2 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library
for SVG
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library
for SVG
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP
wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.5-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Display Manager Control
Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.1.1-3 X11 miscellaneous extension
librar
ii libxi6 2:1.3-4 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1-3 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2
init scrip
ii xfce4-session [x-session-ma 4.6.2-1 Xfce4 Session Manager
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal- 0.4.5-1 Xfce terminal emulator
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.6.2-1 window manager of the Xfce
project
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 259-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii gdm-themes 0.6.2 Themes for the GNOME
Display Manag
ii whiptail 0.52.10-8 Displays user-friendly
dialog boxe
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.7.7-2 nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.30.0-1 Display graphical dialog
boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.30.1-2 PAM module to unlock the
GNOME key
ii locales 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library:
National L
pn pm-utils <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
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