@otello

Any suggestions?

You can check out the Keyboard Configuration File at /etc/default/keyboard.

Not sure if this will help but try this...

When you're remoted in, run the RPi Software Configuration Tool with sudo raspi-config and go to Localisation Options then Change Keyboard Layout and run through that to reset those settings.

@derebo pick one or the other. You can't do both

Try to run these commands separately:

sudo apt-get remove --purge lxde*

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get autoremove

reboot

The default virtual keyboard (matchbox-keyboard) has an issue where the desktop becomes unresponsive while the keyboard is open, so use xvkbd instead. I'll edit this post with instructions later

Many thanks for your reply, they have helped me a lot.

@douber this topic is solved - your problem may be due to something else entirely

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

(Open a new topic providing details).

After I disabled the splashscreen the problem was solved. I tried both option autostart from raspi-config and the retropie-setup. The problem was the splashscreen. Thanks.

it's still in raspbian tools, under "Configuration / Tools" from the main menu.