User Keyboard problems "SOLVED"

[Jim]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 4/29/08, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>  > One User has lost use of Keyboard on his home directory,
>>
>>  This has happened to me in kde. I don't know the correct word for
>>  this. There is a feature for disabled users and it is installed by
>>  default. If you inadvertently hold down a key, it pops up  with a
>>  prompt and if you are not paying attention, you say yes, and then
>>  keyboard gets put into a weird mode where it does not seem to work at
>>  all. I quit using KDE when I saw what they had planned for version 4,
>>  so I don't have access to it right now.  But if you don't make some
>>  progress, write back to the list. I will reinstall kde to find the
>>  name of that thing.
>>
>>  A way to test my theory would be either
>>  1. in the display manager log in screen, choose a different kind of
>>  session, Gnomme, WindowMaker, XFCE, whaatever.  If keys work, you know
>>  KDE is to blame.
>>  2. log in as a different user. then su to the problem user, cd to his
>>  home, mv .kde .kde-old. log out, log in.  That should start from a
>>  clean slate.
>>
>>
>>  --
>>     
>
> I was just able to re-produce the problem on a clean system.  In KDE,
> sit for a while resting your fingers on the space bar or a key.  After
> a while, a warning pops up
>
> "Warning -KDE Accessibility Tool"
>
> Do  you really wan to activate "Slow keys?"
>
> You held down the Shift key for 8 seconds or an application has
> requested to change this settings. These AccessX settings are needed
> for some users with motion impairments and can be configured in the
> KDE control center. You can also turn  them off with standardized
> keyboard gestures..."
>
> If you accidentally say "Continue" then it appears as if your keyboard
> does not work at all.
>
> pj
>
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Problem is Solved, thanks to all for responding.
The problem was that settings had changed in the KDE Control Center, as 
show below.

Regional&Accessibility/Accessibility/Activation Gestures The first line 
there was not checked and it was supposed to be.