KDE / Kubuntu does not respond for keyboard

[emvy]

I'm using Kubuntu 6.10. I do not really know what special did I do.

I can login to KDE (with password - keyboard, of course). After logging in, the system does not respond for any key. Mouse and other devices work fine. There is no valuable information in system log / dmesg.

After I log out, the login screen works fine.

[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

I can confirm this, saw this in 2 different PCs. Keyboard just stops working, I have no idea why, but deleting ~/.kde solves the problem. Is there any config file I might upload for you devs to see what's the problem?

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

Did either/both of you have amarok set to startup at boot? Amarok occasionally crashes and prevents keyboard input for me.

[Johnny Levai (digistyl3)]

I always have Amarok to start up when loading the KDE session. I never experienced this bug with the new versions of Amarok. Should we close this one? Anyone experienced this with the new versions?

[emvy (mate-varga)]

At me amarok was not running when the keyboard locked.

On 6/28/07, Johnny Levai <email address hidden> wrote:
> I always have Amarok to start up when loading the KDE session. I never
> experienced this bug with the new versions of Amarok. Should we close
> this one? Anyone experienced this with the new versions?
>
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[Paul Dufresne (paulduf)]

I have marked bug #121818 as a duplicate (on 7.04).

Also, I see others have reported similar problem (other distro) on:
http://www.kde-forum.org/artikel/16886/kde-keyboard-problem.html

[rudfan (rudfan)]

Its the "slow keys" feature of KDE, also reported in Bug #41427. Get rid of it by disabling it (accessibility/keyboard filters).

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Is this still an issue in Intrepid?

[kko (kko)]

Not a duplicate, bug 41427 is for Gnome, this is for KDE. (I don't see a reason to track both in the same report. Keeping this report open for KDE would probably be cleaner, less non-relevant discussion to skim through.)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Is this still an issue in Intrepid? I don't think slow keys are enabled by default.

[Alvin (alvind)]

Looks like this is no problem in Intrepid. A warning message will appear before sticky keys is first activated. The feature can be disabled in that message, or in System Settings --> Accessibility --> Modifier Keys.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Nice! Thanks very much for testing.