[opensuse] 'e' key not working on keyboard, KDE 4.2.86/OS 11.1
Listmates, I'm having a really weird keyboard problem with the new KDE 4.2.86 (up to date as of 2 hours ago). All my keyboard keys work, but not the 'e' key. When I press that, it does not show on screen. However, Shift+e produces a capital E. On TTY 1-6, the key produces a normal 'e', so I know it is not broken. With previous versions of KDE, this was never a problem. The machine is a HP 6730b laptop and in Keyboard Properties in Yast2, I have selected a Generic 104-key PC keyboard, US layout, euro variant. Again, all keys work, including ~ and such. The lower case 'e' is the only letter I can not type. I'm a bit stumped...can anyone lend me a hand? Thanks, Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 18 May 2009 16:21:46 J Beris wrote:
Listmates,
I'm having a really weird keyboard problem with the new KDE 4.2.86 (up to date as of 2 hours ago). All my keyboard keys work, but not the 'e' key. When I press that, it does not show on screen. However, Shift+e produces a capital E. On TTY 1-6, the key produces a normal 'e', so I know it is not broken. With previous versions of KDE, this was never a problem.
There is a similar problem with character 'x'. http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/414494-cant-type-character-x- terminal.html Regards Yang Bo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Yang Bo
On Monday 18 May 2009 16:21:46 J Beris wrote:
Listmates,
I'm having a really weird keyboard problem with the new KDE 4.2.86 (up to date as of 2 hours ago). All my keyboard keys work, but not the 'e' key. When I press that, it does not show on screen. However, Shift+e produces a capital E. On TTY 1-6, the key produces a normal 'e', so I know it is not broken. With previous versions of KDE, this was never a problem.
There is a similar problem with character 'x'.
http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/414494-cant-type-character-x- terminal.html
I've had weird keyboard issues in the past. I normally just reboot. I'm pretty sure you could bring up a console (cntrl-alt-F1 for instance) and switch to init 3 and back to init 5 to fix it. Not the most elegant solution, but not normally the end of the world either. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Listmates,
I'm having a really weird keyboard problem with the new KDE 4.2.86 (up to date as of 2 hours ago). All my keyboard keys work, but not the 'e' key. When I press that, it does not show on screen. However, Shift+e produces a capital E. On TTY 1-6, the key produces a normal 'e', so I know it is not broken. With previous versions of KDE, this was never a problem.
The machine is a HP 6730b laptop and in Keyboard Properties in Yast2, I have selected a Generic 104-key PC keyboard, US layout, euro variant. Again, all keys work, including ~ and such. The lower case 'e' is the only letter I can not type.
I'm a bit stumped...can anyone lend me a hand?
Exactly same problm hr! - upgradd to nw kd and qt today - cam hr to ask about this problm and saw this mssag. In consol works just fin, in kdm bfor logging in too. Would b vry nic to har any solution without having to wait for th nxt updat.
I've had weird keyboard issues in the past. I normally just reboot.
I'm pretty sure you could bring up a console (cntrl-alt-F1 for instance) and switch to init 3 and back to init 5 to fix it.
Not the most elegant solution, but not normally the end of the world either.
Greg
Rebooting did not help. And as I have said, this problem appears only after logging in kde - in KDM and console (ctrl+alt+f1) works just fine, so this is definitely not X.org problem. I'm also using russian keyboard layout, and the corresponding russian letter, located on the 'e' key, also is not typed.
http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/414494-cant-type-character-x-termina...
does not look like this issue - I can't type 'e' in any application (qt, gtk or plain X) and as root key is also not typed -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Montag, 18. Mai 2009 20:44:01 schrieb Anton Moiseev:
Rebooting did not help. And as I have said, this problem appears only after logging in kde - in KDM and console (ctrl+alt+f1) works just fine, so this is definitely not X.org problem. I'm also using russian keyboard layout, and the corresponding russian letter, located on the 'e' key, also is not typed.
Yesterday somebody had a similar problem. He traced it to amarok, i.e. quitting amarok "solved" the issue. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Sven Burmeister
Am Montag, 18. Mai 2009 20:44:01 schrieb Anton Moiseev:
Rebooting did not help. And as I have said, this problem appears only after logging in kde - in KDM and console (ctrl+alt+f1) works just fine, so this is definitely not X.org problem. I'm also using russian keyboard layout, and the corresponding russian letter, located on the 'e' key, also is not typed.
Yesterday somebody had a similar problem. He traced it to amarok, i.e. quitting amarok "solved" the issue.
Sven --
This looks rather close - I have logged in as different user (with almost nothing running in autostart) and the problem did not appear. This looke much like some hotkey bug with some app, however, I did try to close almost all running applications (even killed plasma) one by one and the problem did not disappear. Is there any way to track it down - I do not want to delete my ~/.kde4 - too many settings are there I have also reported the issue here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193150 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 18 May 2009 03:37:22 pm Anton Moiseev wrote: ...
This looke much like some hotkey bug with some app, however, I did try to close almost all running applications (even killed plasma) one by one and the problem did not disappear. Is there any way to track it down - I do not want to delete my ~/.kde4 - too many settings are there
I have also reported the issue here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193150
Open Configure Desktop > Keyboard & Mouse and look under shortcuts. -- Regards, Rajko http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Rajko M.
On Monday 18 May 2009 03:37:22 pm Anton Moiseev wrote: ...
This looke much like some hotkey bug with some app, however, I did try to close almost all running applications (even killed plasma) one by one and the problem did not disappear. Is there any way to track it down - I do not want to delete my ~/.kde4 - too many settings are there
I have also reported the issue here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193150
Open Configure Desktop > Keyboard & Mouse and look under shortcuts.
The problem is solved by removing ~/.kde4/share/config/khotkeysrc and logout/login. More details on bugs.kde.org for those who is interested -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 09:37:20 Anton Moiseev wrote:
The problem is solved by removing ~/.kde4/share/config/khotkeysrc and logout/login. More details on bugs.kde.org for those who is interested
Upon updating my home machine, I had the EXACT same problem. Logging in with a new user account, the problem did not exist, so I deduced that it was not my system which was at fault, but my configuration was. I then renamed my .kde4 directory and logged back out and in. Lo and behold, my 'e' was fine again. Then it was just a matter of copying the relevant configuration files back to my new .kde4 directory, and I was up and running again. I wish I had seen your email before that time, though. Would have saved me some hunting for config files. Still, I don't think this should have happened. It is the third or fourth time I had to remove my ~/.kde4 upon updating KDE4 to get things back to a working state. Aggravating.... Thanks for the reply, Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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