Re: keyboard problem in graphical login
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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