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keyboard mappings are totally screwed after updating to kde4

keyboard mappings are totally screwed after updating to kde4

I recently upgraded from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4, and I have been having weird issues with my keyboard. In one of the virtual consoles e.g. when I press ctrl + alt 1 , I can type perfectly, but in KDE, several of the number keys don't work, the left and right arrows don't work either.

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Guest [Entry]

"Perhaps you could:

Move these files from ~/.kde/share/config/ .. kxkbrc , khotkeysrc , khotkeys_update , and startupconfigkeys to another location

Then let KDE run defaults on next start up and go re-config your lyaout settings.

When I went from KDE 3.5 to 4.2 I had to remove some old configs to resolve a few issues, not this specifically, but in other K apps. Beyond that, try a new keyboard, just for fun."
Guest [Entry]

Virtual consoles (tty) are completely unrelated to X11 and use a different keyboard mapping mechanism. Did you try starting a different desktop (twm/icewm/gnome whatever)?