Confirming this issue with xf86-input-evdev-2.2.0 and xorg-server-1.5.3-r3 on Gentoo linux ~x86. I used to have xf86-input-evdev-2.1.3 before. I haven't tested the patch - yet. M.
Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:15:50PM -0400, Marty Jack wrote: >> Dropping evdev 2.2.0 onto a system that was running 2.1.3 caused auto-repeat >> to stop working. >> The keyboard is a run of the mill keyboard connected via a PS/2 connector. >> HAL is not installed. >> >> Restoring 2.1.3 restored auto-repeat. xset q reported the same auto-repeat >> settings under both drivers. >> >> Anyone else experience this? Regression or something changed in what >> configuration is needed? >> If it might be a configuration problem, what should I be looking at? > > That's probably a result of > --- > commit ece72ce9e97adae23b1932dc1334f63669196d56 > Author: Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlus...@arcor.de> > AuthorDate: Mon Dec 8 12:27:34 2008 +0100 > > Filter all repeated keys from kernel, because we do softrepeat in server > > Discard all repeated events that come from the device. The server will handle > per-key autorepeat in software. > --- > > and you need the following xserver commit > --- > commit bbf811514d3cdf84790bad5b852942a4e636902b > Author: Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlus...@arcor.de> > AuthorDate: Mon Dec 8 12:24:39 2008 +0100 > > ddxCtrls.c: XkbDDXUsesSoftRepeat always returns 1 now > > We'd like to do soft repeat in the server for all keys. Remove obscure check, > that'd prevent the server from autorepeating when delay is set to exactly > 660ms and rate is set to exactly 25 (interval=40). > ----- > (ff9b55d8cbc19e0e31a91034e332058acd967cd1 in the 1.6 branch) > > What server version are you running? 1.5? _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg