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 ================================================= KEYBOARD LOCK-UP BUG ================================================= August 27, 2005 Google search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=X%2C+keyboard+lock-up&btnG=Google+Search 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 --- startx/xinit ... - vt7 --- ----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 --- :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp --- should become --- :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt7 --- ================================================= http://individual.utoronto.ca/bonert/debian_install.html --- System Information --- Software: Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel: Linux version 2.6.11-1-686 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (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 -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]