On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 16:51:35 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 01 August 2019 08:01:40 Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > My experience for many years has been that the first console is > > especially a stinker about having a super fast keystroke repeat > > setting. We can see it visually when typing in normal commands but > > would have no idea it's occurring for passwords where there's no > > visual cue as to what's occurring. > > > Back in jessie days, it did not set the keyboard repeat at boot, so the > first thing was to call up that util and set the repeat down from around > 1000 to 15 or 20, then it worked fine until the next reboot, but I've > seen nothing like that on stretch by raspian.
Just put @reboot /sbin/kbdrate -r 8 -d 500 -s into /root/crontab and then type ~# crontab crontab > > Not too long ago, I saw a User asking about the ability to add a > > visual aid, e.g. those classic asterisks, to a password entry field > > that currently just sat there blank. The ability to make that User > > CHOICE would sure come in handy for at least that initial login > > console, depending on one's accessibility needs. Persons with > > disabilities related to mobility, dexterity would potentially benefit > > the most. > > Absolutely. > > > Afterthought.. That option may currently exist. The above just > > reflects that I haven't tripped over it yet. :) > > > Me either Cindy. Sigh. Possibly myself, if you're thinking of: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/06/msg00585.html But that was really about encryption passphrases rather than login passwords. Cheers, David.
