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Brahim Salem

keyboard freezes when mdm starts on Linux Mint 14 Nadia

Post by Brahim Salem »

I have installed Linux Mint 14 64bit (Cinnamon and Mate ad dual-boot on a Dell Inspiron N5040). Occasionally the keyboard and touchpad freeze at the login screen and I can't enter my username and password, but the mouse is still working and so I have to reboot to get mdm working and login. This is my .xsession-errors :

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/etc/mdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
localuser:mint being added to access control list
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=1489
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/mint/keyring-hWXHDm/gpg:0:1
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
Conky: forked to background, pid is 1712

Conky: desktop window (af) is root window
Conky: window type - dock
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
      JS LOG: About to start Cinnamon
** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
ping: unknown host google.com
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Unable to register authentication agent: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Window manager warning: Log level 16: Error registering polkit authentication agent: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject (polkit-error-quark 0)
      JS LOG: Cinnamon started at Sat Dec 01 2012 22:02:56 GMT+0100 (CET)

** (nemo:1706): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nemo:1706): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout
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** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-border-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-arrow-background-color'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-start'

(cinnamon:1652): St-WARNING **: Did not find color property '-gradient-end'
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Re: keyboard freezes when mdm starts on Linux Mint 14 Nadia

Post by twodogs »

Do you have all the updates? MDM was recently updated and I'm not sure if that is the problem. My other guess would be having both Cinnamon and Mate installed. I am not too familiar with Mate, sorry.
Brahim Salem

Re: keyboard freezes when mdm starts on Linux Mint 14 Nadia

Post by Brahim Salem »

Postby twodogs on Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:59 pm
Do you have all the updates? MDM was recently updated and I'm not sure if that is the problem. My other guess would be having both Cinnamon and Mate installed. I am not too familiar with Mate, sorry.
Yes I have all the updates installed :(
childe joseph

Re: keyboard freezes when mdm starts on Linux Mint 14 Nadia

Post by childe joseph »

I just installed 64bit Nadia. And I can confirm no wireless keyboard on mdm screen, I'll try to dig up a solution OP, and watch this thread. Hopefully a solution can be found
Brahim Salem

Re: keyboard freezes when mdm starts on Linux Mint 14 Nadia

Post by Brahim Salem »

Postby childe joseph on Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:13 pm
I just installed 64bit Nadia. And I can confirm no wireless keyboard on mdm screen, I'll try to dig up a solution OP, and watch this thread. Hopefully a solution can be found
I have reported this bug to launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1085967
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