Overview description: At boot-up, graphical login interface loads, but keyboard input is not accepted. The mouse works. Restarting X solves the problem. Steps to reproduce: Basically enter a faulty NFS or SMB mountpoint in fstab and boot in X. Details: In my case i use the kdm manager to logon. This defaults to the last user and puts the cursor in the password filed. This field is filled with a repeating '='. Another user suffering from the same error reported a repeating '8' (see the original error report aimed at KDE/kdm at URL http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149254. Re-starting X allows keyboard input again. In my case the keyboard combination ctrl-alt-fn works also to go to another virtual terminal (so some keys still work ?!) and then also the keyboard functions again. In my case this error also popped up sometimes when the system was already up and running. The reason is unknown - although most of the times one of my daughter was working within a vmware windows session (windows guest). The ctrl-alt-fn trick solved the issue then. Other users using Mandriva 2007.x report the same problem using gdm. The KDE team seas this as a xorg problem. The problem is reported before by other users on other and older systems (see: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45478) Strangely enough i cannot find this error reported before on xorg's bugzilla. The only bug that seems to point in he same direction is bug 1176 Additional details: - Mandriva Linux 2007.0 (other users are working with the newer 2007.1) - xorg (according to KDE info centre): 70.101.000 version 11.0 (latest updated version based on RPM build 1.1.1-12.1mdv2007.0@586) - logon via kdm into KDE 3.5.4 Apparent cause: An invalid line in fstab. In my case, a samba mount that was not working. The other users report 'smb: mapping no longer valid' and faulty NFS mounts. This cause was discovered by gogling the web, but alas i cannot find the original solution anymore. Resolution (actually a workaround): Remove the offending line in fstab and reboot. Login etc returns to normal. The error does not occur anymore.
(In reply to comment #0) > Overview description: > At boot-up, graphical login interface loads, but keyboard input is not > accepted. The mouse works. Restarting X solves the problem. > This description accurately describes my experience. A smb: mapping was no longer valid. I am using Mandriva 2007.1 (Spring) with KDE 3.5.7.
Is more information required? Please ask. I am really not the only one suffering from it.
I have same problem, running 2007.1 on Dell Inspiron 600 laptop. But fstab/mtab is NOT the problem. Both files represent local HD mounts only, no smb or nfs mounts present, faulty or otherwise. I MUST restart X every boot, or there is zero keyboard input at log in. Previous installs had resulted in any key-press generating a constant sting of "8" characters as reported herein. Do not know what caused this to change to NO KEYBd INPUT whatsoever, but several reinstalls were accomplished in attempt to fix this bug. Note this behavior is same for any of several kernels and is unaffected by logging in as different users between reboots. Use of "autologin" under such condition is disastrous, to say the least, requiring hard power-down, should the keyboard be touched at all after the desktop loads. (only function working is right-click on desktop to select "log out" from context menu. Main menu appears locked, with uppermost item in "recent" list flickering rapidly) Note that disabling startup of DM at boot, with non-graphical log in and "startx" command DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY SUCH ERROR. This is definitely related to the automatic loading of DM. And it appears to be specific to Mandriva 2007-2007.1 So apparently until MDV 2008 is released I will live with having to restart X server at every boot. A minor encumbrance in order to have an otherwise stunning OS.
Periodically, I see that the keyboard I'm typing on will stop generating any keystrokes. The mouse still works, so I know it's not a frozen input. I saw this with my 2006.0 installation and assumed that it was related to my use of an old AT (5pin) style keyboard (KeyTronic FlexPro) via a pigtail (5pin -> PS/2 adapter). After installing 2008.0, I still see the problem - as it occurs infrequently, I still assumed it was my choice in keyboards. Recently, my IBM T60 laptop experienced the same issue. As this is an integrated keyboard, I can now claim that it's not my ancient keyboard that is causing the problem. This has occurred mostly when I'm in an editor - Xemacs or vi - but is not limited to those applications as I've also seen it when typing in a shell window. The solution I've used is to log out of my X (KDE window manager) session via mouse clicks, and logging back in. Problem is then temporarily solved, but it's an annoyance...
(In reply to comment #4) > Periodically, I see that the keyboard I'm typing on will stop > generating any keystrokes. The mouse still works, so I know it's > not a frozen input. this sounds like 1176. if you have a reproduceable test case - much appreciated. Peter, canne, catworld: can you confirm if this is an issue with a newer version of X?
I haven't seen this behaviour for some time, so I would guess that the newer versions have in fact fixed it. I can't confirm which version started the correct behaviour. Sorry.
Since using 2008.0 and 2008.1 I have not seen this problem once. I concur it has been resolved naturally.
(In reply to comment #7) > Since using 2008.0 and 2008.1 I have not seen this problem once. I concur it > has been resolved naturally. > (In reply to comment #6) > I haven't seen this behaviour for some time, so I would guess that the newer > versions have in fact fixed it. I can't confirm which version started the > correct behaviour. Sorry. calling it fixed then.
Shouldn't be closed. Experienced the problem yesterday. Mandriva 2008.0 with all the current patches. Once I logged out, and logged back in, the problem went away.
This reaction is probably late - i was on a lenghty holiday. What i can tell is that the error still is at i reported in mandriva 2007.0 (i still have it around if you want to debug it). Whit a faulty fstab i cannot enter the password in kdm (note that not all keys are disabled). In 2008.0 it does not occur - although i only tested it a couple of times. With a faulty fstab i have no problems to logon and the keyboard is fully functional. Also with vmware i have no problems (the related error i reported).
Can you give us an update on this bug please? It's been several months, did it reoccur?
Peter, It did not reoccur because i did disable the faulty mounts At the moment i am working with a mandriva 2008.1 system using xorg 10.400.090 version 11.0 using x11-server-xorg-1.4.0.90-14.4mdv2008.1. I lost my 2007 setup diring a computer upgrade. I have seen the same report from other people though - even with Mdv 2009.0 (not always linked to faulty mounts, but with this reoccuring ============= in the kdm login form i reported already, but it never is solved until people upgrade. A mysterious error becasue it only touches some people and noone is able to find a cause. My link to the faulty mounts is the only that i know of.
(In reply to comment #12) > Peter, > > It did not reoccur because i did disable the faulty mounts > > At the moment i am working with a mandriva 2008.1 system using xorg 10.400.090 > version 11.0 using x11-server-xorg-1.4.0.90-14.4mdv2008.1. I lost my 2007 setup > diring a computer upgrade. > > I have seen the same report from other people though - even with Mdv 2009.0 > (not always linked to faulty mounts, but with this reoccuring ============= in > the kdm login form i reported already, but it never is solved until people > upgrade. A mysterious error becasue it only touches some people and noone is > able to find a cause. My link to the faulty mounts is the only that i know of. > I confirm that fixing the faulty mounts in Mandriva 2007 did cure the problem, and I haven't seen it since. Anne
For what it's worth, I just saw the problem this past Friday using X11 1.3.0.0-25.1mdv2008.0 And I'm now on Mandriva 2008.0 I have no funny mounts, those that are disk sbased are all mounted and used, and there art the additional ones sunrpc and nfsd [jerry@unix 1.0]$ mount /dev/sda5 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime) none on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/sda8 on /data type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/sda1 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/sda7 on /opt type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/hdc3 on /scratch type ext2 (rw,relatime) /dev/sda6 on /usr type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/hdc6 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw,relatime) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) Will move up to Mandriva 2009.0 in the near future and see if the problem persists.
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