In message <20050518001004.GH5784@snark.ptc.spbu.ru>, "Valeriy E. Ushakov" writ
es:
>On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:03:00 +1000, George Michaelson wrote:
>
>> > 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?
>
>Something like 
>
>    $ xset r rate 300
>

I just installed a USB keyboard and experienced the same problem.  I 
found that the default keyboard rate setting -- 660 -- seems to disable 
repeat.  650 and 670 work.

No, I don't know why.  If it matters, I'm running -current with xorg.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb