20 Jul
2007
20 Jul
'07
5:37 a.m.
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.?
20 Jul
20 Jul
8:39 p.m.
New subject: Keyboard dead after KDE starts. (Rony)
Vivek Rai wrote:
No no. It was used safely only for documents.
I had just created the user and password from console using sudo admin
rights.
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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?)
It just goes dead.
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.
In order to avoid touching the setup files I created a new user but that
GUI login failed.
"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.?
22 Jul
22 Jul
4:48 p.m.
New subject: [Solved] Re: Keyboard dead after KDE starts.
Vivek Rai wrote:
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.
I renamed the .kde dir and that solved the problem. I got the default
kde desktop and everything works fine. Keyboard is typing normally.
Thank you very much. I was planning to re-install the OS. :)
I still cannot figure out why it happened mid-way during an OO document
editing.
> "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.?
Whats happening is that a new user created in console works in console
only. The new user account is listed in GUI user account settings in
KDE's 'System Settings' but it cannot initiate a GUI for that user. I
deleted the new user in KDE and set a new one in KDE itself. This new
user can log into a proper desktop. This may be some feature or
restriction in KDE.
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Rony.
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11:11 p.m.
New subject: [Solved] Re: Keyboard dead after KDE starts.
Sometime on Sunday 22 Jul 2007, Rony said:
Whats happening is that a new user created in console
works in console
only. The new user account is listed in GUI user account settings in
KDE's 'System Settings' but it cannot initiate a GUI for that user. I
deleted the new user in KDE and set a new one in KDE itself. This new
user can log into a proper desktop. This may be some feature or
restriction in KDE.
How are you adding the user from command line? "adduser" normally initialises
everything required for a user to login from gui.
Anurag
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23 Jul
23 Jul
7:04 p.m.
New subject: [Solved] Re: Keyboard dead after KDE starts.
Anurag wrote:
Sometime on Sunday 22 Jul 2007, Rony said:
I did that and was able to log that user into the console. It was the
GUI that would not start for this user. However a user created in GUI
got a full gui desktop. It could be the same or similar bug that knocked
off my keyboard support.
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Regards,
Rony.
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Who's There?
Linux
Who Linux?
GNU/Linux
Whats happening is that a new user created in
console works in console
only. The new user account is listed in GUI user account settings in
KDE's 'System Settings' but it cannot initiate a GUI for that user. I
deleted the new user in KDE and set a new one in KDE itself. This new
user can log into a proper desktop. This may be some feature or
restriction in KDE.
How are you adding the user from command line? "adduser" normally initialises
everything required for a user to login from gui.
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