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xserver-xorg-input-evdev package

  1. Bug #264196
  2. Comment #80

Comment 80 for bug 264196

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Rich Wales (richw) wrote :

As best I can tell, this "kbdrate" command DOES NOT WORK AT ALL on my system (Intrepid, 2.6.27-11-generic).

I have a Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard (configured in Keyboard Preferences as a "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC" model), which I've tried connecting to my desktop both via its native USB connector and via a purple adapter to the PS/2 keyboard jack. I've tried "kbdrate -r 4 -d 750", both in /etc/rc.local and in a terminal window, but I still get a much faster keyboard autorepeat no matter what I do.

The xorg.conf workaround also DOES NOT WORK AT ALL for me.

I am most definitely not a novice, but I fully agree with "Gumby" that this is a critical bug for novices. Even if one of the workarounds we've been discussing did happen to work, it is not acceptable to expect a newbie to type a command in a terminal window (much less edit a configuration file) even ONCE -- to say nothing of doing it every time they restart or log in.