No keyboard input when trying to log in through VNC client

Vine
#1

If I have logged out of my iMac running Vine Server 3.1 and connect to it using any VNC client I get the standard OS X login screen. However, when I click on a user to log in as and am presented with a textfield to enter the password, the keyboard is not functional.

I tried this with both TightVNC on WinXP and CoTVNC on 10.6.2. So this leads me to believe it’s something to do with the server?

Thanks,
Mark

#2

You might need to modify your keyboard events settings. Under preferences->Advanced try setting “Hardware Events” and “No Event Source” and see if that works better for you.

#3

I tried that and it didn’t make any difference. I can use the mouse to select the user, but when the login screen comes up with a field to enter my password, no keyboard events come thru. This is the only time this happens. Keyboard events come thru just fine if I am already logged in.

#4

Just FYI, I’ve tried changing the keyboard event options and nothing seems to change the behavior.

When I restart my machine, I need to be able to log in. When I use the mouse to click on my user from the login screen, OS X shows me the enter password dialog. I see that the cursor is in the text field and I start typing, but nothing happens.

Is there a log file, perhaps, that I can look at to see if there is any errors that are coming up?

#5

I’m still having issues with logging into my machine using Vine Server 3.11 and Snow Leopard 10.6.3.

I tried all the different keyboard advanced settings with no change. I’ve attached my login screen. Any other tips? Like deleting some config file somewhere and starting over?