keyboard lockup at start-up - after kde upgrade (3.4.2)
After upgrading KDE (to 3.4.2). I started having the keyboard lockup
problem discussed here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01217.html
The work around I found for this annoying problem (reproduced below) does
not work.
Complicating the situation is that one cannot easily drop to a virtual
console. The new login screen (after the upgrade) doesn't have the option to
drop to a console... and since the keyboard is locked it appears that one is
just plain screwed.
After rebooting a couple of times and hoping I'd luck-out I realized that if
I frantically tap the keyboard ("ctrl-alt-F1" after selecting "re-start
X-server") I can sometimes drop to a virtual console. From there I can kill
'kdm'... and if I re-start kdm the keyboard problem is gone (like in my past
experience). This is a very crude work around. I'm looking for a definitive
fix for kdm.
Does anyone have a detailed set of instructions for licking the annoying
problem?
Nikita's post ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01217.html )
and the follow-up by Enrico Zini (
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01268.html ) seem to nail
down the problem-- but they don't get me closer to fixing it 'cause I don't
know enough about where the relevant files reside.
Thanks,
Michael
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KEYBOARD LOCK-UP BUG
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August 27, 2005
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Keyboard lockup after X startup; possible cause
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01217.html
bug seems to be avoided with use of 'gdm' ???
----this site gives the specific syntax for defining the virtual console
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2004-November/004368.html
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startx/xinit ... - vt7
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----this talks about where to make the change in debian
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2001/07/msg00238.html
MODIFY THE FILE: /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers
the following line
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:0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp
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should become
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:0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt7
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--- System Information ---
Software:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel: Linux version 2.6.11-1-686 (dannf@firetheft) (gcc version 3.3.6
(Debian 1:3.3.6-6)) #1 Mon Jun 20 22:00:38 MDT 2005
Desktop Env.: KDE 3.4.2
Hardware:
Athlon 2200 XP
ASUS A7N8X Motherboard
ASUS V8420 - NVIDIA GeForce 4
512 MB RAM
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