On Tuesday 26 October 2004 04:35 am, Andreas Rittershofer wrote: > Package: kdm > Version: 4:3.3.0a-1 > Severity: normal > > > When I start my computer, I have a graphical login with KDM. But KDM has > no keyboard, I am not able to enter anything. I must go to the console, > restart KDM via /etc/init.d/kdm restart and then I can enter username > and password. > > mfg ar
KDM 3.3 added a new configuration parameter to /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc: ServerVTs=-7 This parameter specifies which vt KDM should start a session on. The optional - in front of the number specifies to only use that vt if it is free. If you choose to keep your kdmrc when upgrading (which I think most people do if they have made any changes), you need to add this line manually. My understanding of the problem is as follows: 1) Without a ServerVTs line, KDM defaults to using the first available vt. 2) On computer startup KDM somehow grabs its vt before the tty's are created. result: KDM grabs vt 2 (or some early number), then a tty grabs the same vt and steals the keyboard from KDM. work-around: restart KDM - the ttys already have their vts, so when KDM grabs the earliest free one, it will work. user solution: add the ServerVTs=-7 to kdmrc josh
