Can't enter text

[Andyn]

I can log into Sabayon entering my user name and password as normal.

However when the desktop comes up I can't enter text in any apps at all. This means I can't put my password into the wallet, can't access my internet connection, can't use a terminal...

It's got me stumped. I have a multi boot system with other Linux distros on it so I could hack files from one of them if I knew which one to go for. Any ideas for how to fix this problem or should I just wait and install S5?

[wolfden]

is this something that just started?

[Andyn]

Thanks for the quick response. Yes this started after I last updated. All had been working well before that.

[wolfden]

are u branch 4 or 5?

kde or gnome?

entropy or portage?

more details

[Andyn]

I'm using 4.2 with kde and have been using sulfur for updates.

[wolfden]

Gonna have to look at log files to find the error

are you updating the config files too?

u can try reinstalling
x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse

but of course that won't be easy task for ya, sounds like you need to chroot in and look at some log files to see what is going on.

[Andyn]

Nope couldn't get anything to work so I've reinstalled. I had incidentally been using sulfur and making sure config files were updated using equo. I still don't know how I broke it.

[Thev00d00]

You should have rm -rf the/etc/X11/xorg.conf file first really

[Andyn]

It would be difficult to do that when I couldn't enter any text.

[Fitzcarraldo]

It would be difficult to do that when I couldn't enter any text.

Just for future reference, it would be a hassle but not impossible to do what TheV00d00 recommended: you could boot a LiveCD/DVD (any Linux distro would do, including SL if you can enter text when running the SL LiveDVD), mount the HDD partition and then delete the file.