Keyboard delay & speed repeat don't keep between sessions

[Ricardo Pérez López]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Since some time ago in Hardy the keyboard delay & speed repeat properties don't work well.

Steps to reproduce:

1. System->Preferences->Keyboard.
2. In General tab, move the Delay rule to the left and the Speed rule to the right.
3. Check that the new repeat settings has been applied and works ok (i.e., if you press and hold down a key, the reptition feature is now faster than before).
4. Close the preferences window. The new repeat settings works well in GNOME.
5. Reboot the computer and go into GNOME.

Expected behavior:

The keyboard is using the new keyboard repeat settings.

Actual behavior:

The keyboard is NOT using the new keyboard repeat settings. However, if you go to the Keyboard Preferences window, you can see that the rules are in the same position as before reboot. You must to move the Delay rule or the Speed rule (any of them) in order to get the new settings work again.

FYI, I'm using a Spanish keyboard.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That is a known bug and already fix in the upstream svn

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 2.22.1-0ubuntu1

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gnome-settings-daemon (2.22.1-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    - Fix segfault when shutting down the typing break monitor
    - Set window type hint on the volume popup
    - Remove unused properties from actions GUI
    - Reset opacity when removing the timeout
    - Fix handling of child process
    - Add a tool to test media keys
    - Add some profiling code
    - Fix compiler warnings
    - Fix leaks
    - Add more stuff to the configuration summary
    - Don't eat key events
    - Apply keyboard settings on startup (lp: #213111)
    - Make "Home" keybinding work again (lp: #194979)
  * debian/control.in:
    - updated libgnome-desktop requirement
  * debian/patches/09_locate_pointer.patch:
    - dropped distribution change, it was not accepted upstream and they fixed
      similar issues now
  * debian/patches/91_gsd-add-randr-12.patch:
    - updated redhat version
  * debian/patches/92_gsd-xrandr-version-check.patch:
    - new version update

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:50:01 +0200