On Thu June 12 2008 13:33:39 Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found that a couple days ago my keyboard completely stopped working in
> KDE4. Nothing worked - not even capslock. Running xev via a terminal
> (which is tricky when your keyboard doesn't work) showed that nothing is
> seen.
>
> I managed to trace this problem to the file:
>  .kde4/share/config/kaccessrc
>
> Removing it fixed things.
>
> The contents seemed pretty innocuous:
> [Bell]
> ArtsBell=false
> SystemBell=false
> VisibleBell=false
>
> [Keyboard]
> GestureConfirmation=true
> Gestures=true
> SlowKeys=true
>
>
>
> But apparently that was enough!
>
> Perhaps someone else can confirm that putting this file in place is
> enough to break KDE4 for them too. If so, this is almost certainly a bug!!!
>
> Col

Your problem is the line "SlowKeys=true". This enables one of KDEs
accessibility features. Your keyboard still works, but to get a key to
register, you have to press and hold down the key for a while.

It's possible to turn this feature on by holding down a key for a while. KDE
will then ask if you want it enabled. Perhaps you or someone else mistakenly
answered "yes"?. There's actually a report on the net that someone's cat
managed to do this by laying down on the keyboard.

--
Erin