Hi,
to solve this, id suggest:
1. have a look what is stated in your xorg.conf file - you should have
there something like
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
2. log in as root at runlevel 3 and 'startx'
then switch back to console via ctrl+alt+f1 and have a look at
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
and look for any error message
switch back to gui via ctrl-alt-f7 to try to type
3. check if you have all X server related packages installed - if you
run below command you should get those groups installed (except kde if
you dont use it) ... as a matter of a fact, you can try to install it
and see if you can run keyboard in kde ... ( to install grp run 'yum
groupinstall "name of grp"
yum grouplist
Desktop
Desktop Platform
General Purpose Desktop
KDE Desktop
X Window System
cheers,
On 09/16/2014 04:34 PM, MAH Maccallum wrote:
I recently had a glitch (my own fault) and had to restore/rebuild. I also
upgraded from SL 6.1 to 6,5. After several days struggle I can now boot up
and login using run level 3 but gnome does not seem to accept any keyboard
input, either in the password dialog box if I start at run level 5 or in any
window or dialog box started after a startx from the run level 3 console.
I have found reports of similar problems on the web but none of the solutions
suggested (or the exact symptoms) seem to match my problem. Our system
guru is on vacation and I have a deadline to meet so I desperately want help to
get my
GUI back! My best guess is that some file leftover from the old installation is
interacting badly with the new: but what? All help gratefully received!
