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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  no keyboard at gdm login

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This bug appears similar to Bug #546587, but has arisen suddenly under
  11.04 natty.

  I do a full-upgrade on this system several times a week, but am not
  aware of any (or which?) upgrade triggered this sudden failure.

  The primary symptom is a lack of keyboard function on gdm.

  Troubleshooting to date has involved:
  1. eliminating hardware failure as a cause;
  2. rebooting into recovery console to confirm full keyboard function in login console;
  3. replacement of gdm by kdm has worked around the problem and restored capacity to use X.org (yes, I know there are other means, such as startx, but other users of this computer are less Linux-literate than I. I want to keep everything simple for them.)

  A quick Google search suggests that this problem, which periodically
  afflicts users, stems from an initialization timing problem. Other
  life events hinder me from taking the time to develop the skills to
  maintain an appropriate patch on a permanent basis.

  P.S. This bug *_might_* be a duplicate of Bug #807251.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gdm 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Aug  6 09:31:06 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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