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stu_rat n00b
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:06 pm Post subject: Login stops when number one is pressed [SOLVED] |
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I did a world update yesterday and I now have a strange login problem. One of the characters in my password is the number 1. When I enter this character, the screen goes blank and the cursor jumps to the top of the screen. No further input is accepted, but if I press Alt+F1 I can return to the console and enter the remaining characters of my password to login successfully. The same thing happens if I enter a username that contains a number 1. It's only the number 1 that causes this behaviour, other numbers are fine.
What could be the cause of this problem?
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml
nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps
Take special care with the keymap variable. If you select the wrong keymap, you will get weird results when typing on your keyboard.
When you're finished configuring /etc/conf.d/keymaps, save and exit.
Gentoo uses /etc/conf.d/hwclock to set clock options. Edit it according to your needs. _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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stu_rat n00b
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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DONAHUE wrote: | http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml
nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps
Take special care with the keymap variable. If you select the wrong keymap, you will get weird results when typing on your keyboard.
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I checked that file and it's the same as it was when I first installed Gentoo. And even then the only change I made to it was to change the keymap from "us" to "uk".
I feel it is something to do with keymaps however, as I have another strange symptom - whenever I type the letter "a" within a desktop application, I get "a." i.e. the letter plus a dot. And if I hold down the "a" key, I don't get a series of letters, but a series of dots. |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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stu_rat n00b
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Jaglover wrote: | Do you get same behavior when booting some Linux CD? |
Yes, but not if I boot into Windows.
I've change my keyboard and that has fixed it.
Thanks for the question. That prompted me to try a different keyboard. |
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