On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 04:36:08AM -0700, justin joseph wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I see that when i enter some keys, the arrow keys at
> login and hit return the shell characters changes to
> CAPs.  I have to logout out to change this.  Why is
> this so?
> 
> Not starting GNOME Display Manager (gdm); it is not
> the default display manager.
> Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the
> default display manager.

in Debian GNU/Linux your default displaymanager is set in 
/etc/X11/default-display-manager file

edit and change the contents 


> 
> Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 debian tty1
> 
> debian login: [B[B
> LOGIN INCORRECT
> 
> DEBIAN LOGIN: ROOT
> PASSWORD:

the same thing is happenig even if one type [ and any capital letter.

hope it is related to getty


with regards
M.Balakrishna Pillai

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