YAST text input not working.

Hi guys, I've recently upgraded my laptop to KDE 3.1 running Suse 8.1 and most things seem to be fine. I'm currently trying to setup profiles so that I can use it at work and home on the networks, but have discovered that I can't enter any text from the keyboard into the edit fields in YAST. I can past in text I type in say Eterm, but can't directly enter anything. Any ideas where to look? BTW, the profiles don't seem to be working too well either, but the two things might be related I guess. Thanks. Peter.