Re: help: problems starting GDM

From: Reinhard Müller <reinhard mueller bytewise at>
To: Jordi Castells <jorcas writeme com>
Cc: gnome-list gnome org
Subject: Re: help: problems starting GDM
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:56:01 +0200

Jordi,

Jordi Castells wrote:
> I have Linux Suse 7.0 installed and I have installed GNOME 1.4 for
> several day, I had selected graphic login with GDM.
> 
> Today when I boot the system GDM start but I can not type any char into
> login box (I can use the mouse to select language or other options).

I had (have) a problem on SuSE 6.4 with GNOME 1.2 that sounds rather
similar. I found out that gdm only accepts keystrokes when the mouse
cursor is within its window, and it ignores the keyboard when the mouse
cursor is outsind the window.
Maybe the same is true for you.

Cheers,
--
Reinhard Müller
BYTEWISE Software GmbH
A-6890 Lustenau, Enga 2
Tel +43 (5577) 89877-0
Fax +43 (5577) 89877-66
http://www.bytewise.at

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