Version: (using Devel) OS: Linux Installed from: Compiled sources Hi! I have just upgraded to KDE 4.2.86 from opensuse factory and I can't type the 'e' key anymore. Capital 'E' is ok. I am also using russian keyboard layout - the corresponding russian letter located on this key does not work either. The key is not typed in all applications - konqueror, firefox, xterm. All other keys seem to be ok In console (ctrl+alt+f1) works just fine, also in KDM before logging in, 'e' also can be typed
Look at bug 192404 comment 13. It could be related. Thanks
Upgraded to 4.2 from? Or in other words: Fresh home directory or was a .kde directory there from some earlier installation? Before you fix anything save your khotkeysrc file (.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc) and attach it here. Thx. Mike
And http://michael-jansen.biz/blog/mike/2009-05-17/kde-common-problems-my-e-ky-dos-not-work
Created attachment 33828 [details] broken khotkeysrc The problem was solved by removing .kde4/share/config/khotkeysrc and logout/login I have upgraded from 4.2.3 from the same opensuse repository (I have opensuse 11.0) Some other info in case if it may have sense Before that I also did try to rename whole .kde4 directory and logging in again also solved the problem (though I have lost all my settings, so this was not an option). I also have another account on same machine which is used very rarely (last time login was probably during 4.1.3 or with some earlier kde 4.2 version) - when I logged in again to it with broken 4.2.86, the problem also did not appear (that might mean, that only upgrading from particular version of 4.2 to 4.3 causes problem).
SamE hErE. Using opEnSUSE 11.0 and upgradEd from 4.2.3 to 4.3 BEta 1 GErman kEyboard layout
Ok. I find the problem and there is something really wrong in the code. Workaround: "xmodmap -pm" I get shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) lock Caps_Lock (0x42) control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0xcd) mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb) It's pretty urgent for Super_l or Super_R to be the first one its line. (The code is buggy and only looks for the first one - for the last five years :-( ). So if you have mod4 Hyper_L (0xcf), Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce) it wont work. Put xmodmap -e "clear mod4" xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L" into a file 'xmodmap.sh' in .kde(4)/env or /etc/Xmodmaprc if your distribution has it. With the next 4.3 snapshot the problem should vanish.
*** Bug 193303 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 192996 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 193333 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
There was a comment in above mentioned blog: "Hello, After updating to kde 4.3 I got this same problem. In my case, there is a khotkey pointing "e" to the kde homepage. Just disabled it and solved." It worked here as well
:] thank you very much this works!
Is bug 171380 related to this too ?
Fixed with http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=969205