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    keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

    keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account. At first i thought my kbd had died. so i bought a new one and it did the same thing!
    I then logged in on a different account and the kbd's work just fine.

    on the main account the mouse is the only form of input. how can i fix this

    Please Help

    feisty fawn v7.04 kde
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    Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

    Problem is probably a bad configuration somewhere. If, before logging in, you switch to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and issue "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", this may fix it, but it may not.

    Also, while you're in the terminal, investigate settings in /etc/X11.
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      Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

      Thank-you for the help. I tried it out and it still wont work on main user...Im logged in on an alt account and its obviously working.

      I tried various settings [pc101 vs pc104] and no change. works fine at the user login and as soon as it stats loading the desktop varibles it stops...You cant even change the num lock or caps lock.

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        Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

        Anyone know where they keymaps are stored? That's my next guess.
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          Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

          in snooping around with midnight commander i found a file
          listed in red that view wont open
          "!platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd" 9 bytes


          any ideas on how to find out what it is and where its comeing from?

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            Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

            Since the other account is working no worries, the simplest thing to do would be to mv(move) ~/.kde dir to ~/kde_backup and then login. KDE will remake that dir automatically. Hope this helps.
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              Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account

              Note: if you have settings that you really love to keep without redoing .. simply copy those from the ~/.kde_backup dir into ~/.kde .. but be careful .. as you may copy the keyboard problem back again.
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                Re: keyboard stops taking input after login on main user account



                that fixed it!

                thank-you jaxson!

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