Hi, same problem over here. Most annoying Kopete and Konsole. I don't even blame skim for stopping keyboard input completly (though notably stopping when hitting return in konsole), but even "eating" keystrokes like "ctrl-shift-XXX", XXX being a key that definitely worked before. This effect is even worse in Inkscape, and other non-KDE programs, Java-apps... Scrolling through hitting keys though still works, even if normal text can't be input any more.
Maybe this helps to track down the bug. Christoph Burgmer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]