Update on 12.10: it's not just keyboard-unusable, it's also mouse- unusable. I just tried failsafe-x on my desktop system running 12.10, and it is completely unusable. X works perfectly on this system, my mouse is hooked up and working fine, everything is good. Details...
Steps to reproduce: 1) logout of X session 2) login on text console as root 3) "service lxdm stop" (or whatever your display manager is) 4) "service failsafe-x start" Expected behaviour: * initial dialog (acknowledge failsafe mode) is both keyboard controllable and mouse controllable * second dialog (choose action) is both keyboard controllable and mouse controllable Actual behaviour: * initial dialog works just fine * neither keyboard nor mouse works to control the second dialog When I move my mouse around, I do see flickering in that second dialog, like when you mouse over different GUI widgets and the focus highlight moves around. But the mouse pointer is invisible, and I cannot figure out a way to click on "OK" or any of the radio buttons. And the keyboard does nothing. IOW: I see the exact same behaviour on my desktop and laptop running 12.10. I've recently installed 13.04 on my laptop, so I'll try it there next. ** Summary changed: - friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is not keyboard controllable + friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdiagnose in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169004 Title: friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable Status in “xdiagnose” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1. boot my laptop into recovery mode with no external mouse connected (only the laptop's builtin trackpad) 2. from the "Recovery Menu", select "failsafeX" (This is a Lenovo ThinkPad T500 with Synaptics trackpad -- pretty vanilla hardware that normally works perfectly with both gpm and X.org.) Expected behaviour: - failsafe dialogs are controllable by keyboard (or by builtin trackpad) Actual behaviour: - initial dialog is keyboard controllable (space or enter clicks the "OK" button) - but the second dialog ("What would you like to do?") is completely unresponsive: I cannot use tab or arrow keys to select different radiobuttons, I cannot use space or enter to click OK, the builtin trackpad does not work. There is no way to get into the failsafe X session. The only way out is Ctrl-Alt-F2 back to a text console followed by manual recovery. It's not quite failsafe! Workaround: connect a USB mouse. Or reboot with USB mouse connected. I think. If a USB mouse is connected *and working*, then the trackpad magically starts working. But the USB mouse isn't always recognized, I think. Unclear what it takes to make it work. Anyways, even if the trackpad worked perfectly with or without a mouse connected, this GUI should still be entirely keyboard controllable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: friendly-recovery 0.2.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 14 21:57:34 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-30 (196 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: friendly-recovery UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-22 (143 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1169004/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
