Keyboard not working - Kubuntu 6.06

[Tyler Aviss]

Probably not related, but I've had my keyboard cut off many times in
Ubuntu+KDE due to "Slow Keys"
It just suddenly cuts off my typing. At first I thought the keyboard
or controller was bad, as rebooting fixed it. However when it
re-occured later I discovered a "Do you want to activate slow keys"
modal window hidden behind all my other windows, which was blocking
all keyboard input.

Maybe there's one of those lurking on one of your desktops? I haven't
found a way to disable the "feature" entirely (apparently holding
shift will activate the dialog), but you can close the window and
it'll give your keyboard back until next time.

I hate it when things get in my way trying to be 'helpful'

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Herb Richter <hgr-FjoMob2a1F7QT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>  Earlier today the keyboard on a Kubuntu 6.06 workstation stopped working
> while composing an e-mail in Thunderbird.
>
>  Not working meaning that no keys are acknowledged and "Num Lock" does not
> light the LED.
>
>  We tried logging out and back in - the keyboard is fine when entering the
> password but then "dies" sometime during the initialization process (I think
> at about the point when the devices (ie printer) are initialized).
>
>  The mouse continues to work correctly as does running applications remotely
> as user.
>
>  Logging in as user in failsafe mode also works.
>
>  I tried adding another user and logging in which works fine.  Logging in
> again to the original user still fails.
>
>  I do want to avoid running under the new user - actually I want to avoid
> migrating all the stuff from the original user account to the new one. I
> would be uncomfortable with the possibility that this might just happen
> again if we don't find the real cause.
>
>  Updating the installation to the latest version did not help.
>
>  I did look at the recently changed files in the user's home and sub
> directories but didn't see anything obvious.
>
>
>  I would really appreciate any help and so would the user ;)
>
>  TIA,
>  Herb Richter
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