Gerd> The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, Gerd> using the CON_BOOT flag. The implementation has some flaws Gerd> though. The major problem is that presence of a boot console Gerd> makes register_console() ignore any other console devices Gerd> (unless explicitly specified on the kernel command line).
Would this explain why recent version of GDM don't find the keyboard properly when you boot with a kernel command line of: kernel ... console=tty0 console=ttyS1,96008N1 until you stop and restart GDM? This was filed under Debian bug #406457 (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406457) and I could never figure it out until I removed my serial console line at one point. I'll have to try this patch out and let you and the GDM 2.16.x developers know what happens. John - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
