Running:
$ X & $ DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm
allows [space] to work normally. It appears to be related to something loaded later. The same applies to 'gdm'; the problem is presumbly something in GNOME; eg. the keyboard utilities.
Running:
$ X &
$ DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm
allows [space] to work normally. It appears to be related to something loaded later. The same applies to 'gdm'; the problem is presumbly something in GNOME; eg. the keyboard utilities.