On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Bob Arendt wrote:
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Wade Hampton wrote:
> >
> >>On some of our RH 7.3 and 8.0 boxes, X will stop repeating
> >>keys. Any idea why and how to fix?
> >>
> >>For example, on my laptop it stopped repeating when I unsuspended
> >>it this morning -- on Friday it worked fine. The computer is an IBM A31p
> >>with RH 8.0 loaded. X was running.
> >>--
> >>Wade Hampton
> >
> >
> > Interesting. I find that occasionally, keys don't repeat. If I lift my
> > finger and try the key again, it usually works fine. I also notice that
> > very infrequently, if I press a key with the control key held down, the
> > character will print instead of doing the control-key action. Trying the
> > key combo again usually works fine. This happens on my Latitude but not
> > on any of my desktops.
> > [...]
>
> Check to make sure autorepeat is on in the xserver. Use xset utility
> (and "man xset"). Type
> xset q
$ xset q
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000
auto repeat delay: 660 repeat rate: 25
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
fa9fffffffdfe5ff
ffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffff
[...]
Not sure how to read the auto-repeating-keys map.
> and see if autorepeat is on, the delay (how long you press before
> it repeats) and the rate. If it's off, you can use
> xset r
> to turn it on. The default for the setting can be put in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config (or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4) , usually
> something like:
> Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
> In the "InputDevice" section.
That line is there but commented out. Does that mean it's the default?
(It does in some config files like ssh.config.)
> Hope this helps,
It doesn't seem to really explain my problem, which is that key repeats
usually work just fine, but sometimes the system seems to "forget" to
repeat (or control) a random key until I "remind" it by trying again. I
know for sure that I've never changed any of these config files, and I
certainly don't do so from minute to minute...
It's not clear to me either if this is quite the same as the original
poeter's problem, which seems to occur in longer stretches.
> -Bob Arendt
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs@clemson.edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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