Keyboard cannot input char under gnome login

[Jose M Rodriguez]

El Lunes, 21 de Noviembre de 2005 15:12, Eugene Rogoza escribió:
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:49:34 +0100
> > From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi at freebsd.jazztel.es>
> > Subject: Re: Keyboard cannot input char under gnome login
> > To: freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> > Cc: wason wei <wason_wei at 163.com>
> > Message-ID: <200511201949.35521.josemi at redesjm.local>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > El Domingo, 20 de Noviembre de 2005 10:39, wason wei escribi:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > My keyboard work well under command mode of Freebsd.  Yesterday,
> > > I install gnome by the sysinstall command, and then add a new
> > > line: gdm_enble="YES"  to /etc/rc.conf .  After I reboot the
> > > system, I can enter the gnome window, but I found that I cannot
> > > type any char in the username input box. and hence I cannot login
> > > to the gnome due to the bad username and password.  Then worse
> > > thing is that I cannot return to the command mode, either.  and I
> > > cannot use my computer now.
> >
> > You're hit by the init/gdm race problem.  Your gdm is launch before
> > init can launch the gettys.
> > <snip/>
> I noticed this problem when trying to reread /etc/rc.* settings
> (going single-user and back).
>
> There's a script in /etc/rc.d named LOGIN:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # $NetBSD: LOGIN,v 1.7 2002/03/22 04:33:57 thorpej Exp $
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/rc.d/LOGIN,v 1.4.2.1 2004/10/10 09:50:53 mtm Exp
> $ #
>
> # PROVIDE: LOGIN
> # REQUIRE: DAEMON
>
> #       This is a dummy dependency to ensure user services such as
> xdm, #       inetd, cron and kerberos are started after everything
> else, in case
> #       the administrator has increased the system security level and
> #       wants to delay user logins until the system is (almost) fully
> #       operational.
>
> I think adding this dependency to gdm.sh (# REQUIRE: DAEMON LOGIN)
> would do the trick (if I understand correctly what LOGIN means). But
> I didn't try it out myself yet...
>
> Sincerely,
> Eugene

No.  You can't fight against init gettys.  You need:
FirstVT=9
VTAllocation=true

on gdm.conf to use vts over ttyv7.  This is noted on gdm.conf as 
functional on FreeBSD, but not activated by default (as I think we must 
do).

--
  josemi
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