Confirmed, this is: https://launchpad.net/bugs/40956
and going to occur whenever the package is built on a buildd that is primarily controlled by a serial console (eg. most of them! :-). My proposal is to build with '--with-serial' with as standard to solve the problem. This bug *severely* screws up people's machines, as keystrokes get lost or corrupted and disappear from /dev/tty0. John Lines: are you happy if I NMU up a patch via DELAYED? This bug has been open for 9 months so far. -Paul -- High on a tall bridge, surrounded by noisy lorries. Southampton, GB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]