Luis, Thanks for the suggestion. Tried it already, however. Gnome's control panel has absolutely no effect. KDE's Keyboard panel has an option to turn repeating on or off, but none to change the rate.
I still don't understand why kbdrate crashes the system. Is this behavior distinct to the PBG4? On 7 Apr 2002, Luis M wrote: > If you are using Gnome try to use the control panel (gnome control > center) and change it from there. > > I guess there is a way with KDE ... > ... I just don't use it. > > On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 19:01, John C Lamoreaux wrote: > > All: > > > > I've recently installed Mandrake 8.2beta2 on a TiBook (Onyx), and am in > > the process of getting it configured. > > > > Question: > > > > How do I change the keyboard auto repeat rate? Not surprisingly, the X conf > > file has no effect. When I try kbdrate, however, it bring the system down, > > hard. No error messages; just a crash. > > > > This is my first try at linux on a mac. Is there something simple I'm > > missing? > > > > Thanks, > > John L. > -- > ----)(----- > Luis Mondesi > System Administrator/Web developer > LatinoMixed.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's hard to argue that God hated Oklahoma. If He didn't, why is it so > close to Texas? > > >
