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isolatedvirus

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Registered: 2008-01-29

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Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Ive got an alienware m9700 with the function keys and all (its got 99 keys total, kinda wierd, anyway..) and for some reason when i startx and KDE starts, i cant type a thing in the session. If i switch over to any virtual terminal i can type though. Ive searched google and the only reoccuring issue that matches (keyboard not working in KDE) is that the accesibilty option 'slow keys' is enabled. I checked that and its not even enabled...

Any ideas?

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Search KDE for keyboard setup in SETTINGS.....

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Perhaps you have a USB keyboard and USB isn't enabled?

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

i searched the setting menu and didnt find anything. theres a regional section in kcontrol that has the keyboard layouts, but i tried that already. As for USB support, how would i check that? The only meantioning of USB i remember was during installation asking if i needed support to boot from usb, i said no to that. I used to think something was wrong with my xconf configuration but just before i posted i ran hwd and tried that setting (as opposed to the one i configured so my touchpad would work) and still no solution... i do have a USB mouse that i tried plugging in and using once, but that didnt work.

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Try dmesg for some info.....

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

i ran dmesg and followed through once and read again the section where my power button, closelid button, sleep button, etc come into play. I see it meantion my usb mouse, but i dont see any meantioning of a keyboard anywhere..

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Probably the keyboard is not correct size.  What does your xorg.conf say for the keyboard?

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

pertaining to the keyboard, this is what my xorg.conf says:

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier          "X.org Configured"
       Screen         0  "Screen0" 0 0
       InputDevice      "USB Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
       InputDevice      "TouchPad" "SendCoreEvents"
       InputDevice      "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier         "Keyboard
       Driver             "kbd"
       Option             "CoreKeyboard"
       Option             "XkbRules" "xorg"
       Option             "XkbModel" "pc104"
       Option             "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Try changing "pc104" to 'pc105" or "microsoft"

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

still the only thing that works is capslock and numlock (scroll lock is enabled with a function key)

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Try a new keybd ...

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

this is the one built into the laptop, and i know it works because because i can type while in the terminal

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lilsirecho

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Guess I need to pay more attention...................!!

Perhaps a re-install of KDE which you probably already did!!!!

Keybd lock?

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

its not keyboard lock, and i thought it had to do something with the configuration files in .kde, so i renamed it to .kde-old, went into kde and have the same problem. i used pacman to get kde for me. all the dependancies are resolved correctly.

im booting into a live ubuntu cd to see if i can jack its XORG configuration file.

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

no luck. screw it i cant use a distro that i cant type with.

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miggols99

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

Can you type in a different desktop environment? Try

pacman -S xorg-apps xterm xorg-twm

Then type "startx". Xterm should be open. Try typinge in it. If you can't then there must be a problem with Xorg. Also have you installed xf86-input-keyboard? This is necessary for the keyboard to work in X.

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isolatedvirus

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Re: Keyboard doesnt work in KDE

yes i installed the keyboard,
i fixed the issue with a complete reinstall of Xorg. now everything works.
wierd issue, thanks for the help though.:D

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