Bug#586539: gdm on initial start at kfreebsd bootup does not allow keyboard input

[Michael Dorrington]

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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