On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:23:09 +0400
"Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> wrote:

> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 14:46:40 +1000, George Michaelson wrote:
> 
> > huh? whahhappen? where did my kbd repeat setting go?
> > 
> > I don't recall editing any of .login, .profile, .bashrc. But I don't
> > have keyboard repeat any more.
> > 
> > any clues? ggm is often asleep at the wheel..
> 
> Do you use USB keyboard?

Yes.

> 
> Can you try setting a different value with xset and check if that
> works?

xset q shows repeat is 'on' when I start X11. if I set repeat off, it
still doesn't repeat. are there fine-tune settings I should explore?

the repeat function works in normal console/login mode. its going into
X which breaks it. 

-George

> 
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