self-generating "5" every second - not able to login
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
Upgraded from Ubuntu 8.10 to Jaunty via Synaptic automatic upgrade.Not able even to login: the system generates "5" in the login window every second, so, I am not able to write the password within this interval between two generated "5"-s, the result is "Wrong password". I had the same problem when I upgraded from Ubuntu 6 to Ubuntu 8.04; then there has appeared Ubuntu 8.10, to which I've upgraded and which was free from this problem. 8.10 ---> 9.04 has given birth to it again.
To overcome this problem I've added into the /boot/grub/menu.lst after the line
## ## End Default Options (I've inserted "root (hd1,0)" in 2nd line ##
the following:
title Ubuntu 8.15, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
root (hd1,0)
uuid c2970882-
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
savedefault
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.14, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
root (hd1,0)
uuid c2970882-
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
savedefault
quiet
and was forced to choose booting from second line
(Ubuntu 8.14, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic).
Then I was able to login, but I've got next problem
"HPLIP Status Service fails - no system tray detected"
What should be done?
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gdm 2.20.10-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686
the issue seems rather a keyboard one that a gdm bug