Subject: Re: was I asleep when keyboard repeat went away in xterm?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Pfaller <leo@marco.de>
List: current-users
Date: 05/20/2005 11:37:39
In article <20050519234236.GA5583@dmath5.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at>,
	Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org> writes:
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:23:09PM +0400, Valeriy E. Ushakov 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?
> 
> I see the same behaviour with a USB keyboard after updating -current from
> 2005.04.16 to 2005.05.13 (both 3.99.3), including updating X.
> 
> Keyboard repeat on the console is untouched, but in X it's off now by default.
> 
> Any ideas where this is coming from? Perhaps the recent USB event repeat changes?

You need to enable xkb and you have to do a "xset r rate 350 18". The values
you set in XF86Config are ignored.

Regards, Matthias
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