Bug 142534 - gpm locks the keyboard if no mouse is present
Summary: gpm locks the keyboard if no mouse is present
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gpm
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eido Inoue
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-12-10 14:40 UTC by Stefan Kutzke
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-12-10 16:22:39 UTC
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Description Stefan Kutzke 2004-12-10 14:40:00 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The keyboard doesn't work after booting a machine into  runlevel 3
with gpm service configured an running and no mouse is connected.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gpm-1.19.3-27.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configuring mouse wtih redhat-config-mouse or by hand.
2. Disconnect the mouse.
3. Reboot the machine.
    

Actual Results:  The keyboard doesn't work.

Expected Results:  The keyboard should work regardless if a mouse is
connected or not.

Additional info:

It's not really a problem. I do a chkconfig gpm off and throw the
mouse away :-)
Comment 1 Eido Inoue 2004-12-10 16:22:39 UTC 
Couldn't reproduce using your steps; may be hw specific. Some
systems-- especially those using PS/2 mice-- are less forgiving about
unplugging/plugging in mice without power cycling (rebooting may not
be enough).
Comment 2 Stefan Kutzke 2004-12-13 16:16:38 UTC 
You are right, it's hw specific. Power cycling the server machine
solves the problem.
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