Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. Please read below... On 11/15/05, Christian Boltz <opensuse@cboltz.de> wrote:
Hello,
Am Freitag, 4. November 2005 11:52 schrieb Vincente Aggrippino: [Login using KDM]
After I switched, using the "Session" link at the bottom of the greeter, I can't use the keyboard. I know it works, I just can't use it from within KDE. I can't type in a Konsole terminal... I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to the actual console. I can't open the YaST Control Center properly because I can't type the root password when I'm prompted.
If I use the mouse to log out, or end my session, I can type again... I can log in. Everything works fine in Gnome.
I read something from an old message that seems to describe this problem in relation to upgrading KDE, but this is the first time I've run KDE.
There was a similar bug in 9.3 beta phase, but it was fixed (and not re-introduced, 10.0 works here :-)
However, here's the bugreport I made at that time - maybe it contains some points that could be useful for you.
I found your bug report and read through it before posting my message. Unfortunately, the problem isn't the same. I can log in without difficulty. It isn't until after I log in that I lose the ability to use the keyboard.
=== bugreport against 9.3 beta === After booting, KDM does not accept any key press events. This means logging in is impossible.
Ctrl-Alt-F1 is also impossible (switches back to X immediately).
Ctrl-Alt-F1 doesn't even work :(
I have to kill X with SysRQ-K (Ctrl-Alt-backspace is disabled in my config) and calling "rcxdm restart" to make it working.
I tried Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. It's not disabled on mine, but I still had no result. I didn't know about the SysRq-K key sequence. It's worth a try.
This seems to be related to the earlykdm service, see http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-kde/2005-Feb/0010.html http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-kde/2005-Feb/0031.html
=== end old bugreport ===
Regards,
Christian Boltz -- Die Borg sind einfach eine Allegorie auf M$: gross, toll und voller endloser Featuritis - aber wenn es ernst wird, sterben sie an einer Schutzverletzung. [Andreas Pohlke in drsst]
I knew it!!! ... :) ... o well I only understand 2 words: Borg and M$, but that sums it up pretty well :) Well, I'd still like to try KDE out. It's very wierd. Gnome works without problems. There must be some log file somewhere that says what's happening, but I don't know where. I've already taken a look at .xsession_errors, but I didn't see anything that looked important. Does anyone have any ideas where to look? Thanks, Vince