Hello All,

My dad was working on the Kubuntu 6.06 laptop creating a document on Open Office. After some lines, he could not type anything. He saved the document using the touch pad and the File > Save option and shut down the system using the touch pad.

When I had a look at the system, I found that the keyboard goes dead after desktop is up. Before that till the gui login prompt, everything works and I can go to Ctrl + Alt + F1 console. But after desktop is up no key works except Fn + Brightness, Fn + Touch pad on/off which are hard (ware) keys.

I created a new user in console and gave it a password. At the gui login prompt when I enter the username and passwd, it cannot start the desktop and gives a message "Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. ...OK" I can login to the original user without any errors but keyboard is not functional. I can open/close programs using the touch pad.

Is there any way to solve this problem without reloading the OS? Is my file system corrupt?

The lappy is ok as I can boot into the other os Mandriva 2007 and use it flawlessly.

Regards,

Rony.

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