Bug 142534 – gpm locks the keyboard if no mouse is present

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Bug 142534 - gpm locks the keyboard if no mouse is present

Summary:	gpm locks the keyboard if no mouse is present

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	gpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3.0
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity low
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Assigned To:	Eido Inoue
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2004-12-10 09:40 EST by Stefan Kutzke
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-12-10 11:22:39 EST
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Description Stefan Kutzke 2004-12-10 09:40:00 EST

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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 11:22:39 EST

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 11:16:38 EST

You are right, it's hw specific. Power cycling the server machine
solves the problem.

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