From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 19:16:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7237B1065670 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tmp@patishnock.com) Received: from server61.fastdnsservers.com (server61.fastdnsservers.com [216.51.232.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0648FC19 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:16:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.shanje.com ([127.0.0.1]:51279 helo=patishnock.com) by server61.fastdnsservers.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SIOht-00063n-86 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:25:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:25:21 -0500 From: tmp@patishnock.com To: Message-ID: <1793a2341ee6097b468f44c38424f744@patishnock.com> X-Sender: tmp@patishnock.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.7.1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server61.fastdnsservers.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - patishnock.com Subject: Keyboard Input Vanishes Seconds After Loading GNOME X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:16:46 -0000 I am experiencing a most peculiar problem upon loading the GNOME desktop on a brand new install of FreeBSD v9.0 RELEASE. So far, I have Installed the FreeBSD v9.0 RELEASE operating system for the x86-64 platform Installed xorg Installed gnome2 In order to enable both the loading of xorg and gnome(2), I have edited my /etc/rc.conf file. Here is what cat reports: #cat /etc/rc.conf hostname= "Mephisto" ifconfig_re0="DHCP" sshd_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" #Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable dumpdev="NO" hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" gnome_enable="YES" gdm_enable="YES" After entering in my password at the GNOME GDM login, I am able to get to my desktop and have access to my programs. However, if I were to open say Gedit and type for any period of time, my keyboard input will disappear and I will either be unable to type anything or it will infinitely type the last character I typed (e.g. the letter "k"). Has anyone else faced this situation and if so, how do I go about solving this? Thank you very much for taking the time to read my request. Sincerely, Timothy