Package: xbase-clients
Version: 4.1.0-16
Severity: normal
I've noticed for some time now that after I've used X and then switch
back to a console with <ctrl><alt><Fn>, the keyboard rate and delay
have been reset to Debian's default values (long delay, fast rep rate)
instead of the IBM defaults that I prefer, and which I normally set up
by using "kbdrate" from a console with no arguments.
In my .xsession file, I *do* call xset r rate 250 11& to re-establish
my preferred rate and delay. This makes the keyboard behave properly
in an xterm or rxvt window; but it does not prevent X from messing up
the consoles.
Not understanding the insides of the X window system, I don't even know
which client is likely to be the culprit here. For a while, I had the
impression that things like netscape or ghostview were at fault, but
test show that the keyboard is messed up by X as soon as it comes up,
before I've entered any commands to X from the keyboard.
It seems to me that even if X has to play with the keyboard for its own
internal reasons -- something that does not seem logically necessary,
but suppose it is -- then at least the use of the xset command ought to
leave things in the intended state when I go back to a console.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux aty786 2.4.18-k7 #1 Sun Apr 14 13:19:11 EST 2002 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii cpp 2.95.4-14 The GNU C preprocessor.
ii debconf 1.0.32 Debian configuration management system
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libdps1 4.1.0-16 Display PostScript (DPS) client library
ii libfreetype6 2.0.9-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libxaw7 4.1.0-16 X Athena widget set library
ii xlibmesa3 4.1.0-16 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library
ii xlibs 4.1.0-16 X Window System client libraries
ii xlibmesa3 4.1.0-16 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library
^^^ (Provides virtual package libgl1)
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