Comment 81 for bug 264196

Unfortunately this command can't be used to display the current values.
Without parameters it sets the delay to .25 sec. I only know that if I use
kbdrate as over it sets a long enough delay for the entire session.

Have a nice day -- George
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George Fragos
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Rich Wales <email address hidden> 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.
>
> --
> [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196
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