[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Martin: That worked. I ran through the questions in the application, restarted and the keyboard is working again at login. output of xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "apple_laptop", "us", "", "" output of grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup XKBMODEL="apple_laptop" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="" output of udevadm info --export-db|grep MODEL|sort -u http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/409616/ -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Matt Griffin [2010-04-05 16:29 -]: > output of grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup > XKBMODEL="SKIP" OK, thanks. This seems wrong, "SKIP" is not a valid keyboard layout. To confirm that this is really the root problem, can you please do sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup to reset the model on a system level? > output of udevadm info --export-db|grep LAYOUT|sort -u Ergh, I did a typo there. This was supposed to be "MODEL", not "LAYOUT", but nevermind. /etc/default/console-setup is the top-level definitive configuration resource, so the udev rules seem fine. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
The previous post was for a working machine with no updates installed. With updates installed and no longer working, the above becomes: xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "gb,us", "mac,", "" grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup XKBMODEL="SKIP" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="U.S. English" XKBOPTIONS="" udevadm info --export-db|grep LAYOUT|sort -u E: XKBLAYOUT=us -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "macbook79", "gb,us", "mac,", "" grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup XKBMODEL="macbook79" XKBLAYOUT="gb" XKBVARIANT="mac" XKBOPTIONS="" udevadm info --export-db|grep LAYOUT|sort -u E: XKBLAYOUT=gb -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
output of xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "us", "", "" output of grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup XKBMODEL="SKIP" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="U.S. English" XKBOPTIONS="" output of udevadm info --export-db|grep LAYOUT|sort -u E: XKBLAYOUT=us -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
dlotton [2010-04-01 18:55 -]: > _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "us", "", > "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" Ah! This was also confirmed by Charles Redman. The "SKIP" here definitively looks fishy. It ought to be "pc105" or something similar, unless "SKIP" is a real keyboard model used by VMWare. To track this down further, can you please give me the output of xprop -root |grep NAMES.S when you are in the running GNOME session and the keyboard works? (My hope is that the model is then "pc105" or something similar). Please also give me the output of grep ^X /etc/default/console-setup udevadm info --export-db|grep LAYOUT|sort -u Thanks! -- Martin Pitt| http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
This is definitely a problem with the guest not detecting the keyboard mappings or saving them. For some reason it insists on using American layout settings even if i log in an apply them system wide. The only way i can use my machine at this point in time is to set it to AutoLogin and then i am fine but everytime i log in the first thing i have to do is change the keyboard layout. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
After a little more research and VM building, this is what i find. I can reproduce this problem with Ubuntu as guest on the following operating systems. Ubuntu Karmic 64-bit Mac OSX Snow Leopard Windows XP Windows 7 VMWare ESXi 4.0 For the most part, the problem is identical. Everything works with Lucid Beta 1 as the guest, up until applying updates after that i can no longer log in with the same symptoms as previously reported on all of them, with the exception of Karmic. Karmic does not work from the get go, if i do a basic install of Lucid running on a Karmic host, the keyboard works but is mapped to the wrong keys and i have to use the onscreen keyboard to login. No matter what option i choose in under keyboard preferences after loggin in i cannot get the keyboard to map properly. After applying the updates to Lucid on the Karmic host it then mirrors the problems experienced with all the other hosts. The keyboard flat out does not work anymore. Now the one thing i have noticed is that Lucid does not seem to pickup its keyboard mappings correctly for any of my hosts, when i say that, i mean it defaults to USA/USA as language and keyboard layout even though i have set it to use UK/UK as the language and keyboard layout. I am assuming the reason some of us can work and some can't is because those that can are using a USA/USA layout. Again, i am happy to test anything on any of the VM's i have should anyone wish to get to the bottom of this problem. I am not sure the onscreen keyboard problem is necessarily exactly the bug listed above, as that was submitted in Feb and even though nothing has been resolved with it, Beta 1 shipped after that and the onscreen keyboard works in that release. Subsequent updates seem to have broken that again so i am sure its just a variation of it. I have experience exactly that bug but on a physical machine running Lucid and not in a VM. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I just recently connected the dots, everyone who's having issues with the onscreen keyboard, this is your problem. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard/+bug/526791 -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I have the same problem after updates on the latest VMware player on Win 7 64 and on the latest VMware fusion on Snow Leopard. Initial beta install worked fine but updates killed the keyboard for the login screen. I was able to use the on-screen keyboard to login after enabling it and rebooting. For the fusion VM I was able to get the keyboard input back by doing the following: System->Preferences->Keyboard On the Layouts tab I set the keyboard vendor to Apple and the model to Apple laptop (I'm on a MacBook Pro) and then applied system wide and rebooted. I haven't tried similar steps on the Win host yet. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I've looked into it a bit, but could not reproduce under this configuration: VMware Player version 3.0.1 build-227600 Host is 64-bit Lucid system up to date as of today Guest is 64-bit Lucid system up to date as of today Tried both with and without VMware Tools installed. VMware Tools version 8.1.4-227600 downloaded today. No keyboard issues at all in the gdm login screen. I note however that this is using a Ubuntu host, whereas from reading the original report and previous comments, it seems the problem is exhibited on OS X and Windows hosts. I don't have access to either OS X or Windows, so someone else will have to test. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I have attached the Xorg logs from both the working and non-working VM's. There seems to be some issue with xkb creating xkm files at the end of the machine that is not working. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.log.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42928275/Xorg.log.tar.gz -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Both my XP host and my Ubuntu guest are 32-bit. (As already noted, keyboard doesn't work at login or in KDE, but works in Gnome is you use the on-screen keyboard to log in.) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
My none-working setup is as follows: VMWare Fusion 3.0.2 build-232780 Host OS: Mac OSX 10.6.3 (32/64bit) Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta (64-bit), Kernel Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic I have setup a second VM should anyone wish to check the differences, with a standard install of 10.04 beta1, no updates installed whatsoever. Which works. The setup for that is as follows: VMWare Fusion 3.0.2 build-232780 Host OS: Mac OSX 10.6.3 (32/64bit) Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta (64-bit), Kernel Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I'm the guy who got the onscreen keyboard to work by waiting. I'm using a Win7 x64 host, and an Ubuntu 10.4 x86 guest. I don't believe that it was the waiting around specifically which made the on-screen keyboard work, rather that having come back to it, it had stopped freaking out, so... Also, the virtual machine is definitely recognizing key-press events. When I try to type, the blinking cursor becomes steady, as it does whenever a key is pressed. However, nothing is being recognized as any kind of command sequence. My best guess would be that something is stealing all the key press events. The on-screen keyboard crash appears to be a separate but annoyingly coincidental issue. I'll check debug logs for the on-screen keyboard when I get home, and post anything I find either here or in a separate bug depending upon what's crashing it. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
One further note to the developer, I did not specify in my original post that I was using 64-bit Ubuntu as the guest OS and XP 32-bit as the host OS. VMWare Player 3.0.1 build-227600 Host OS: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta (64-bit), Kernel 2.6.32-17-generic It may be helpful for the developer if the others chime in with 32/64-bit specifics on the guest/host OS they're using. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I have the same problem here (Host: Windows XP, Guest, Ubuntu 10.04 beta, updated to latest as of 4/2/10). The keyboard doesn't work at all at the login screen, but the mouse works fine. I can access the on- screen keyboard to log in. If I log into KDE, the keyboard still doesn't work at all. However, if I log into Gnome, the keyboard then works fine. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Thanks for that, i did read the thread beforehand, which was how i found this bug report. However i am not one of the lucky few that seems to have option of a onscreen keyboard to get me by. The best i can do is ssh. I may try something like nomachine to get me by for now. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Charles, There's a user in a forum at the link below that had similar behavior regarding the on-screen keyboard not working. This user said the on- screen keyboard would come up, then close immediately. If they left it alone for 15 minutes after boot, then they can get the on-screen keyboard to work. That's not really a practical solution ongoing, but it may get you past the hump for now if it works. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9022898#post9022898 -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Additionally when i run: setxkbmap gb Cannot open display "default display" or setxkbmap of any form i get this error message. I am running this from a ssh session. Attached is my dmesg output just incase. ** Attachment added: "Dmesg output from VM" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42888764/dmesg_vm_nw.pdf -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Ok, i rebuilt the VM as it only takes about 10mins to recreate. I ran the following before the update: sudo DISPLAY=:0 xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "gb,us", "mac,", "" and then again after the update: sudo DISPLAY=:0 xprop -root |grep NAMES.S _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "us", "U.S. English", "" The only way i can do anything is by using an ssh session to the VM at the moment. I cannot login into GDM. I have tried logging in remotely and doing a service gdm shutdown and then a start but makes no difference. I am happy to setup a new VM without the updates and go through a troubleshooting process if anyone has any ideas as to what they would like me to supply them to compare what is different between the working and broken setups. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Just to add to your woes and to add a bit of diversity. I would like to point out that this does not only apply to Ubuntu as VM on a Windows host. I have exactly the same problem with Lucid, running under VM Fusion on Mac OSX. Interestingly, i only built this machine today and only had this problem once i updated the machine. I built the initial VM using a beta1 ISO and everything was wonderful. Unfortunately i have not been one of the lucky ones and been able to use the onscreen keyboard to login. I have no way to log in whatsoever, the keyboard does not come up if i try using the onscreen keyboard. No matter what i do the minute i tick the box, it disappears. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
* keyboard layout: I have to be logged in via the on-screen keyboard in order to do the Ctrl+Alt+F1. After logging in and Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get the terminal screen I logged in and executed the requested 'sudo DISPLAY=:0 xprop -root |grep NAMES.S' command. Here is the output: _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "SKIP", "us", "", "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" * plymouth (splash screen): I have to be logged in in order to get a Ctrl+Alt+F1 text terminal, if I go back (i.e. Ctrl+Alt+F7), I get back to my logged in session where the keyboard works normally(as it did before I went to the text terminal). If I wait long enough before going back from the text terminal I get the Ubuntu screensaver password dialog and I am able to type in my password there without problem. Ctrl+Alt+F8 from the text terminal goes to a blank text screen with a blinking cursor, but doesn't respond to any keyboard input. Interesting side note: If I login, Ctrl+Alt+F1 to a text terminal, then resize my vmware window, it goes to the Ubuntu login screen, however, the keyboard input still doesn't work. "sudo apt-get purge plymouth" and a reboot did nothing to resolve the issue. * libxklavier when changing the password: Keyboard does not work before selecting a user. Cannot cursor up/down to select menu items after clicking power button icon. Cannot enter anything after selecting 'Other' user. 'Cap Lock' and 'Num Lock' do nothing. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Thanks. I see some potential problems here: * keyboard layout: - Can you please do Ctrl+Alt+F1, login, and give me the output of sudo DISPLAY=:0 xprop -root |grep NAMES.S * plymouth (splash screen): - Does the keyboard start to work if you press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then go back to gdm with Ctrl+Alt+F7? (Could also be F8) - If you do "sudo apt-get purge plymouth" and reboot, do you still have the problem? * libxklavier when changing the password: - Does the keyboard work before you select an user in the user list? I. e. can you enter characters when you select "other user", or can you click on the lower-right power icon and select menu entries with the cursor keys? -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
Oops, I missed part of your first set of questions. The 'caps lock' and 'num lock' keys do not appear to do anything while at the Ubuntu login screen. The indicator LEDs do not respond to pressing the respective keys. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
After getting logged in there are no issues at all with the keyboard. I only see the problem at the login screen. 1) The keyboard does not appear to react at all to key presses at the Ubuntu login screen. 2) I cannot Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a console when booted to the login screen 3) During a normal boot if I hit keys while it is booting I can see those key presses output to the terminal before it switches to the Ubuntu splash screen 4) booting in recovery mode I can navigate the text 'Recovery Menu' and drop into a root shell and the keyboard works fine. 5) I have not tried uninstalling the vmware guest tools, but I have upgraded the kernel twice, which breaks the vmware tools (i.e. they are not compiled to work with the new kernel yet) and requires you to re-run the tools config program. After installing the new kernel and rebooting the vmware tools are not running. The same keyboard problem is observed. I login and reconfigure the tools for the new kernel and get them up and running, then if I logout or reboot at this point, I see the same keyboard problem when I get back to the login screen. 6) keyboard input seems to work fine before the login screen and after logging in. I just doesn't work at the Ubuntu login screen. >From the link someone posted above and a similar post I found on the vmware site (link below), others are seeing the problem as well. http://communities.vmware.com/message/1503455#236418 (note the original post may not be related, but a few of the later posts look like the same situation I describe) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
I use kvm extensively with lucid, and have so such problem, so I need more information to see in which part of the stack the problem is. What do you mean exactly with "the keyboard does no longer work"? It does not react at all to key presses, it has the wrong layout and thus entering your password does not work, or something else? Does Caps Lock work and toggle the LED on the keyboard/laptop? * Can you do Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to a text console? (Be sure to grab the keyboard, so that you actually go into the guest's text console, not the hosts') * If switching to a text console works, can you type text there? (Try to log in as your user) * If switching to a text console does not work, can you boot the 10.04 installation into rescue mode (press shift during boot to get to the menu)? Does the keyboard work there? * Does it change anything if you uninstall the vmware guest tools? Thanks! ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
It looks like this bug is affecting many vmware users - http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9056673 ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
** Package changed: ubuntu => gdm (Ubuntu) -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
To clarify a point, I ran vmware-config-tools.pl to recompile/reinstall the vmware drivers in the Ubuntu 10.04 beta guest OS. This completed successfully, but it did not resolve the problem. -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 548891] Re: keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates
** Attachment added: "Apt history.log for updates applied on 3/26/2010" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42062802/history.log -- keyboard input broken at gnome login prompt after package updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548891 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
