Is there any way to solve this problem without reloading the OS? Is my file system corrupt?
The lappy is ok as I can boot into the other os Mandriva 2007 and use it flawlessly.
good test - rules out any real hardware problem with the keyboard.
i am also assuming the x keyboard layout was not changed, or the file being edited at the time was not xorg.conf or some xinput config one (;-) )
could be a kde specific setting (slow keys got enabled accidently or something?)
try to rename the .kde directory inside $HOME for the user, and then restart. would reset all kde app settings for the user, but u can restore them later individually.
"Could not start kstartupconfig
this could be due to issues with missing home dir, kde config files, or some permissions in the new user's home dir.?