I believe you need to add
[servers]
0=inactive

to the appropriate gdm configuration file (usually custom.conf) to disable
the local X server.

William Yang

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:46:26 +0100, Guido Schwarzer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 01/21/2010 03:21 PM, Meik Hellmund wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:36:03 +0100
>> Guido Schwarzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 01/18/2010 10:24 AM, Guido Schwarzer wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> after installing SRSS 4.2 on Debian Lenny we have the problem that
the 
>>>> keyboard at the local (graphical) console gets lost after a couple of

>>>> seconds. Accordingly, access to the server is only available via
>>>> network
>>>> which in the case of network problems would be kind of a glitch.
>>>> [...]
>> I have never seen this, so I can only contribute a couple of questions:
>> 
>> it happens after a couple of seconds... after what? midnight?
> 
> After each reboot, the keyboard gets lost a couple of seconds after the 
> gdm login window appears.
> 
> 
>> Can you still switch to a non-graphical console (Ctrl-Alt-F1...F6)?
>> What happens if you  switch to a non-graphical console before it
happens?
> 
> Yes, switching to the non-graphical console via Ctrl-Alt-F1... is 
> possible. After switching to a non-graphical console the keyboard does 
> work properly. However, one has to change to tty1-6 in a small time
window.
> 
> 
>> Is there still an X server running and serving display :0? 
> 
> Yes, the X-Server is running on :0 and serving the gdm login window. So,

> disabling the X server on :0 is probably the way to fix our problem with

> the lost keyboard. However, I do not know how to disable X on :0 on a 
> Debian server. Any hint on this would be great.
> 
> 
>> Anything in the log file of this X server? 
>> Anything in the kernel log?
> 
> Nothing particular.
> 
> 
>> Is the mouse still working?
> 
> Yes, the mouse is working on the locale graphical console.
> 
> 
>> USB or PS/2 keyboard/mouse?
> 
> Only USB
> 
> 
>> Are the Sunrays working?
> 
> Yes, the Sun Rays are working like a charm. No keyboard problems on this

> side.
> 
> 
> As we noticed this afternoon, the keyboard on the local graphical 
> console works immediately if we manually restart gdm (after login via 
> ssh). However, disabling the X server on :0 is probably the way to go.
> 
> Yours,
> Guido
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