On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 01:10:23PM -0800, John Magolske wrote: > Mostly I use the framebuffer console with screen. When I start up > Xwindows on occasion, it resets kbdrate to slower settings than I > like. My solution so far is to start X with this script: > > #!/bin/sh > startx > # startx seems to mess with kbdrate...set it back to what I like > sudo kbdrate -r 30 -d 250 -s > > This returns the repeat rate & delay to what works better for me upon > closing Xwindows. But there is still the problem that kbdrate remains > at a slower setting as long as X is running. Switching away from X to > another VT and issuing sudo kbdrate -r 30 -d 250 -s does nothing. > The delay and repeat rate can only be re-set after closing X. > > In my .xinitrc there is this: xset m 2 5 r rate 250 30 > > Which sets the delay and repeat rate for everything in Xwindows, but > switching to another VT finds the console stuck at slower settings. > > Is there some way to avoid the way Xwindows resets kbdrate?
Look at kbdrate in the kbd or console-tools package. > > Thanks, > > John > > > -- > John Magolske > http://B79.net/contact > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
