From: [email protected]

Hi,

On Thursday 19 August 2004 07:47 am, Martin Hans wrote:

forcing KDM to the 7th virtual console seems to fix my keyboard problems.

Strange! That fixes it for me too.

Cheers,
nate

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From: [email protected]

Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.3.0-1
Severity: important

Hi,

beside the already reported tcsh problem with the new kdm 3.3.0 I have the following behaviour:

- most times I have no keyboard and I cannot type the user and password.
Somtimes (every third or fourth try) I have a keyboard and can login
sucessfully. I already swapped the keyboard itself. No change.
- kdm starts on the second console instead of the 7th like before the
upgrade

I now changed to gdm temporarily and gdm starts on the 7th console
with keyboard (always). The kdm log contains only the following warnings:

Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0

There are no further errors or warnings.

Cheers

Martin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30 Debian configuration management sy ii kdebase-bin 4:3.3.0-1 KDE Base (binaries)
ii kdelibs4 4:3.3.0-1 KDE core libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-5 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libidn11 0.5.2-2 GNU libidn library, implementation ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.3-1 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System event recording an ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm


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From: [email protected]

* Martin Hans [Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:17:04 +0200]:

- kdm starts on the second console instead of the 7th like before the
upgrade

that's because kdm uses the first available console unless told not to
do so. the kdmrc shipped by Debian points kdm to use console #7, but
your kdmrc probably doesnt. add this line to /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc:

ServerVTs=-7

- most times I have no keyboard and I cannot type the user and password.
Somtimes (every third or fourth try) I have a keyboard and can login
sucessfully. I already swapped the keyboard itself. No change.

odd, but I think you're not the first who is reporting.

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From: [email protected]

Hi,

On Monday 16 August 2004 21:00, Adeodato Sim� wrote:

* Martin Hans [Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:17:04 +0200]:

- kdm starts on the second console instead of the 7th like before the
upgrade

that's because kdm uses the first available console unless told not to
do so. the kdmrc shipped by Debian points kdm to use console #7, but
your kdmrc probably doesnt. add this line to /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc:

ServerVTs=-7

Is this new in KDM? I reconfigured my old kdmrc with kcontrol and the line
has not been added.
By the way, I think changing the Xservers config (vt7) is the smoother way
for most users.

- most times I have no keyboard and I cannot type the user and password.
Somtimes (every third or fourth try) I have a keyboard and can login
sucessfully. I already swapped the keyboard itself. No change.

odd, but I think you're not the first who is reporting.

Is there any solution for the keyboard problems?
Until it's solved KDM keeps unusable for me.
And my current replacement (gdm) is really...

Cheers

Martin

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On Monday 16 August 2004 03:00 pm, Adeodato Sim� wrote:

- most times I have no keyboard and I cannot type the user and password.
� Somtimes (every third or fourth try) I have a keyboard and can login
� sucessfully. I already swapped the keyboard itself. No change.

� odd, but I think you're not the first who is reporting.

Well, make me the second reporter.

I have what sounds like the same keyboard problem with my workstation at the office (running kdm 4:3.3.0-1), but not at home (same version). It fails pretty consistently at the office, although I think it did work once or
twice.

I thought it might be the KVM switch I'm using, but I think I tried connecting the keyboard directly without success. I'll try it again today though.

Cheers,
nate

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From: [email protected]

* Nathaniel W. Turner [Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:25:10 -0400]:

On Monday 16 August 2004 03:00 pm, Adeodato Sim� wrote:

- most times I have no keyboard and I cannot type the user and password. � Somtimes (every third or fourth try) I have a keyboard and can login
� sucessfully. I already swapped the keyboard itself. No change.

� odd, but I think you're not the first who is reporting.

Well, make me the second reporter.

or third. ;-)

I have what sounds like the same keyboard problem with my workstation at the office (running kdm 4:3.3.0-1), but not at home (same version). It fails pretty consistently at the office, although I think it did work once or twice.

could you please send both kdmrc's. and, would it be possible to
exchange those two kdmrc's and see if behavior depends on kdmrc or the
machine?

thanks,


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