Guest Muralidhara B L Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I am a new to Linux. I use Sony Vaio Laptop. There is a problem with my keyboard. For one of the users, the keyboard is not working. Keyboard works fine when i logon in the root mode. I checked xorg.conf file, there is no problem with the Section "Input Device" and Section "Sever Layout". Please help me in solving the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Please run the Mandriva Control Center, which you can find from the menu, alternatively, you can run it from the console by typing "mcc" without the quotes, and then configure your keyboard correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muralidhara B L Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I did run the Mandriva Control Centre and configured my keyboard but still the keyboard is not functioning for the one of the users. I created one more user, just to check the keyboard behavior. The keyboard is working for the new user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 It is likely some strange config for that particular user is causing the problem. What desktop are you using for that particular user? Gnome? KDE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muralidhara B L Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 It is KDE desktop for that user. It is KDE for the root aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 OK, well what we could do then is rename the .kde folder in that particular user directory so that a new one is created, and see if the problem goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muralidhara B L Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I renamed .kde directory. It is working now. A new .kde directory is created. Thank you very much. I would still like to know the reason behind the problem. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 It's obviously some configuration issue with KDE if renaming the folder did the trick, since now you have a clean KDE config. The only way to find out, would be to rename the directory back again and go through the KDE keyboard configuration and compare the differences between the other users and the one with the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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