 Key Repeat Speed, How can this be set |
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 Dec 4 2007, 07:24 PM
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I vaguely recall being able to set the keyboard repeat speed in either titchy or Angstom. It is too fast for my taste in debian; I'd like to slow it down. Holding a key down even a small fraction of a second (much faster than on my desktop) causes the key to repeat. How do you do that?
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Dec 5 2007, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE(dlj0 @ Dec 4 2007, 07:24 PM)  I vaguely recall being able to set the keyboard repeat speed in either titchy or Angstom. It is too fast for my taste in debian; I'd like to slow it down. Holding a key down even a small fraction of a second (much faster than on my desktop) causes the key to repeat. How do you do that? The 'xset' command is useful to change the speed of rate of key. xset r rate 1000 or change the number if it is too fast or too slow. |
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Dec 5 2007, 06:22 AM
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QUOTE(2or0 @ Dec 5 2007, 05:00 AM) QUOTE(dlj0 @ Dec 4 2007, 07:24 PM) I vaguely recall being able to set the keyboard repeat speed in either titchy or Angstom. It is too fast for my taste in debian; I'd like to slow it down. Holding a key down even a small fraction of a second (much faster than on my desktop) causes the key to repeat. How do you do that? The 'xset' command is useful to change the speed of rate of key. xset r rate 1000 or change the number if it is too fast or too slow. No joy: xset r rate 1000 server does not have extension for "r rate" option This is with debian/eabi (cortez' kernel) and xserver-kdrive-fbdev 1:1.3.0.0-r19 I'd be happy to try another server if someone could suggest one. |
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Dec 5 2007, 07:30 AM
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QUOTE(dlj0 @ Dec 5 2007, 03:22 PM) No joy: xset r rate 1000 server does not have extension for "r rate" option This is with debian/eabi (cortez' kernel) and xserver-kdrive-fbdev 1:1.3.0.0-r19 I'd be happy to try another server if someone could suggest one. same result for me with angstrom kernel 2.6.23 & zdevil rootfs... this command should work under X, but is there a non X command too ? |
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Dec 5 2007, 08:48 AM
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kdrive doesn't seem to support change of the repeat rate of key. Only I could find the command to turn off key repeat.
In console: setterm -repeat off in X: xset -r |
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Jan 18 2009, 02:53 AM
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some other options would be: using the xorg server (http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=26362 http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25433) adding xkb to kdrive (http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=26345) or setting it in the kernel (?)
turning autorepeat off completely is better than nothing but it's annoying to lose autorepeat for space delete return and the cursor keys attached is my script to turn off autorepeat for normal characters but have it on for editing characters
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