Keyboard problem in KDE
 

A problem arose a couple of nights ago with my laptop keyboard and Kanotix installed to the hard drive. Once I log in to KDE it takes 1/2 second for any keystrokes to register and show on screen. It's normal before logging in. and is fine using either the live CD or my dual-boot Windows XP. Once within KDE all keyboard activity is painfully slow and affects all areas -- Konsole (user or root), browser input boxes, etc.

Linux newbie, so I don't know what configuration file got borked. XF86Config-4 hasn't been modified since July, so doesn't seem to be the culprit. BTW, rebooting doesn't help, and I made no changes before this issue arose (was working properly, I fell asleep with laptop on and when awoke had this problem).

Any ideas on how to fix this? My system is nearly unusable.

Doug

I'm not really sure, but perhaps, as root, on your terminal, try dpkg-reconfigure console-tools or to reconfigure whatever package sets up the keyboard (disclaimer, I'm a newbie; so, I'm not really sure which package sets up the keyboard. So, follow any advice I give with caution.) Good Luck!

Thanks for the response, Mark. The solution was actually easier. Somehow (perhaps a cat walking across the keyboard?) the "use slow keys" option under KMenu>Control Center>Regional & Accessibility>Accessibility got checked and slowed the keyboard to 1/2 second response times. Ugh if you're a touch typist, useful if you have special needs.

Unless it was one of the cats (yeah, that's the ticket!) I have no idea how that option got set since I don't mess around with that area of the Control Center.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

Doug