Hmm! I don't appear to have an xorg.conf file anywhere (not even in backups from before the problems). I do have xorg.conf.d directories but they seem to be empty both in the current system and in the backups
Yum group list showed I did not have the Desktop Platform or KDE groups. I tried group install but each failed, the Desktop one with clashes on libxml and the KDE with a package with wrong signature. I cannot cut and paste the errors from this iPad so I will forward them separately Thanks for help, Malcolm Sent from my iPad > On 16 Sep 2014, at 21:58, "Karel Lang AFD" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! >
