On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 04:00:11AM -0000, Alberto Bertogli wrote: > By the way, given that it looks as if it wants to complain my kernel is not > Ubuntu's, I'm running a stock, non-patched 2.6.33.1 built with the same config > I was using in 9.04. It should work, shouldn't it? I tried to run using Ubuntu's kernel, but xdm didn't even start. Below is the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log, which I verified was being touched each time I did /etc/init.d/xdm stop and then start. I also checked via ps that no X or xdm was running. I'm also including the /var/log/Xorg.0.log generated when it starts using Linus' kernel. I think I forgot to tell you, in case that it matters, that all of this is happening on a fairly recent (as of September last year, IIRC) Thinkpad T400. I'm also having apparently unrelated issues with Ubuntu's kernel asking for my encrypted (dm-crypt) drive keys at boot time, but I've disabled them so they don't interfere and will file a bug for that after this one is dealt with (it makes my laptop really difficult to use, and I can work around it). Thanks again, Alberto PS: Just happened again, also after pressing enter, while typing this email (vim on screen over ssh over xfce4-terminal, same as before). Also, as before, the keypress didn't make it to the application. /var/log/Xorg.0.log, ubuntu kernel (2.6.32-19-generic) ====================================================== X.Org X Server 1.7.6 Release Date: 2010-03-17 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server x86_64 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux acacia 2.6.32-19-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 1 10:39:41 UTC 2010 x86_64 Kernel command line: root=UUID=3e0f0fb3-6d42-4537-98aa-a38655ac03dd ro Build Date: 09 April 2010 01:56:13AM xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu2 (Bryce Harrington