From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 18:46:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020EB16A400 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@anjos.strangled.net) Received: from compaq.anjos.strangled.net (87-196-182-219.net.novis.pt [87.196.182.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3F343D48 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:46:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@anjos.strangled.net) Received: from compaq.anjos.strangled.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by compaq.anjos.strangled.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2TIkZic003705 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:46:35 +0100 (WEST) (envelope-from freebsd@anjos.strangled.net) Received: (from miguel@localhost) by compaq.anjos.strangled.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2TIkYEl003704 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:46:34 +0100 (WEST) (envelope-from freebsd@anjos.strangled.net) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:46:34 +0100 (WEST) From: freebsd@anjos.strangled.net Message-Id: <200603291846.k2TIkYEl003704@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot type in GDM after installworld ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:46:39 -0000 > From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Mar 29 16:42:48 2006 > From: Norbert Augenstein > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:42:07 +0200 > Subject: cannot type in GDM after installworld ... > > Hi, > > additionally to my GRUB problem, GDM does not accept any keystroke at > all, nada nothing, after updating to 6.1-PRERELEASE. > I am using XDM for now. > Any ideas here? Yes, I had a similar problem. Perhaps the same. GDM's allocation of a VT may conflict with getty. In the configuration file, there's a parameter which is FirstVT with default value 9. He'll try to use, by default, ttyv8 as its VT. Sometimes, he'll get it before getty does. Then it works. Sometimes, he get's it afterwards and you get that strange conflict. I used to have all VTs until ttva enabled in /etc/ttys, so this would conflict with GDM's default configuration file. If this is your case, try these two solutions: 1- change FirstVT to a diferent (higher) value 2- disable all VTs below 9 in /etc/ttys I chose the second solution, because GDM can use more than one VT, enabling several users of the same console to be logged in graphically and simultaneously. -- Miguel Ramos GnuPG ID 0xA006A14C