[edgy+feisty] First typed character is omitted at gdm/kdm login.

By the way, here is my system.

$ uname -a
Linux andy-desktop 2.6.20-14-generic #2 SMP Mon Apr 2 20:37:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu feisty (development branch)
Release: 7.04
Codename: feisty

xorg Version: 1:7.2-0ubuntu11
gdm Version: 2.18.0-0ubuntu4

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

$ env
SSH_AGENT_PID=5966
SHELL=/bin/bash
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
TERM=xterm
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/andy/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=48234574
OLDPWD=/home/andy/xmms-mac-0.3.1
USER=andy
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-iVEKET5928/agent.5928
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-rCqwux/socket
SESSION_MANAGER=local/andy-desktop:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5928
USERNAME=andy
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
PWD=/home/andy/factor
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=default
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/andy
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=andy
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-C31ZflyPHd,guid=2559ef10eaf8d9ff7f4722004617d756
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/home/andy/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/env

Specs
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Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 rev 2.0 (BIOS F9) - PS/2 port on board
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (recently overclocked w/ some instability, but no longer)
2GB DDR2-800

I have the same problem on my Macbook and my old Acer Travelmate 4402. The issue is not only on feisty and gdm but also on edgy and kdm as well.

Here is the specs for my Macbook, I will post the ones for my acer later:

freeza@MacUbu:~/madwifi-0.9.3$ uname -a
Linux MacUbu 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

freeza@MacUbu:~/madwifi-0.9.3$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 6.10
Release: 6.10
Codename: edgy

freeza@MacUbu:~/madwifi-0.9.3$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

freeza@MacUbu:~/madwifi-0.9.3$ env
SSH_AGENT_PID=4859
TERM=xterm
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
SHELL=/bin/bash
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/freeza/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=39850988
USER=freeza
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35:
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-dqmC3k/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-KYsdPk4823/agent.4823
SESSION_MANAGER=local/MacUbu:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4865
USERNAME=freeza
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
DESKTOP_SESSION=xgl
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
PWD=/home/freeza/madwifi-0.9.3
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=xgl
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/freeza
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=freeza
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-cygCotsom7,guid=9b0418467f0fe6f0ebd474df6e468000
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
DISPLAY=:1.0
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/home/freeza/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/env

It doesn't seem to happen for me with the gdm that loads after doing "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart". It seems to consistently happen with the first gdm, but consistently /not/ happen with subsequent gdms.

Confirmed, I have the same issue. My system:

$ uname -a
Linux shuttlex 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.04
Release: 7.04
Codename: feisty

gdm version: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
xorg version: 7.2-0ubuntu11

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

$ env
SSH_AGENT_PID=5525
SHELL=/bin/bash
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
TERM=xterm
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/ericd/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=62998967
USER=ericd
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-croMAI5487/agent.5487
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-tD03al/socket
SESSION_MANAGER=local/shuttlex:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5487
USERNAME=ericd
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
PWD=/home/ericd
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=default
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/ericd
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=ericd
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-xCag2X4HTD,guid=94a5d474ed14bff63c17ca0046482760
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/home/ericd/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/env

I moved to Gutsy and using an USB keyboard, it seems this is only affecting PS/2 keyboards.

I used to have this problem on Feisty but after upgrading to Gutsy, it works fine.

Do you still have this issue?

The issue has been fixed since Gutsy for me. From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3630737#post3630737, at least one other person also solved the issue by upgrading to Gutsy.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Hardy Heron.

If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please follow the instructions for "How to request new packages" at [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#request-new-packages