[ale] dead keyboard (configuration problem)

David Corbin dcorbin at machturtle.com
Wed Mar 7 18:19:28 EST 2007


On Tuesday 06 March 2007 21:34, David Corbin wrote:
> A co-worker is running Kubuntu. ?He's "done something" to create the
> following problem:
>
> After he logs in, his keyboard will not work (for anything. ?CTRL-ALT-F1
> does not switch consoles, CTRL-ALT-DEL will not reboot). ?But he's able to
> use it fine in the console (in "recovery mode") and to log in with (it is a
> graphical login).
>

Well, he's recovered without really understanding it.  We deleted the KDE 
session folder from under his home folder, and things got better.  Very 
wierd.  Thanks for the help.

> A quick glance at his xorg.conf says the keyboard is configured right, and
> the file hasn't been changed for months.
>
> I'm stumped. ?Any ideas?

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David Corbin
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