[Techtalk] Debian testing/unstable system: keyboard freeze in X on reboot

[Stephanie Boyd]

My main box has been running testing for some time, 
with the odd thing pulled in from unstable.  Before 
shutting it down for the weekend it had been up for 
a month without incident.  Upon return the gdm 
logon screen would accept no keyboard input, although 
the mouse continued to function.  I was also unable 
to switch between virtual consoles.  When I killed
gdm remotely, the keyboard worked fine on the command
line. Also, when I killed gdm, my attempts at typing 
in the login box had appeared on the previously active 
console.

Here's what I've tried:

- checked XF86Config-4.  This has not been altered for 
  several months and was working fine.

- attached another keyboard.  Same behaviour as before.

- checked that installation of gdm is up to date.

- updated glibc to 2.3.1-10 (was runnning 2.3.1-5,
  so thought I'd upgrade given recent problems).

Running gdm 2.2.5.5-2
	gnome 1.4
	xfree86-server 4.2.1-4
	generic ps/2 "windows" keyboard
	2.4.18 kernel

Unfortunately I'd failed to get apt-listchanges to mail
me, so I'm not entirely certain what's been installed 
in the last month (won't do that again).

       Stephanie

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Stephanie Boyd			http://www.ixtab.org.uk/slb

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