On Monday 10 April 2017 15:14:55 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 10 April 2017 14:33:35 Diego Roversi wrote: > > Well, I guess I am stuck with it then. Synaptic, on a 24 bit screen, > is much more pleasant to use. > > But I also have another problem. The usb inputs from the mouse and > keyboard aren't being given near enough priority, so keydown events > are being ignored, but I can tap the key again. Hundreds of times more > serious is that key-up events are also ignored, which can leave the > machine running full tilt in one direction or the other, far enough to > crash a tool and smash a $30 carbide tool tip into a cajilion pieces, > not to mention wreck the workpiece being worked on. > > I did have a usb extension cord with a 4 port hub on it, and had > similar problems, but found I could generate a 200 megabyte file in 10 > seconds with usbmon. Raw noise because the cable wasn't shielded. > Moved the bt buttons to the sockets on the pi seemed to fix it but was > only temporary. usbmon now see's exactly what the keyboard is > sending, nothing more nor less, but the pi is missing the keystrokes. > At one point today I was looking at a directories contents, and the > screen was scrolling rapidly from the enter key, and I had to hit the > enter key 7 more times to stop the scrolling. > > Arriving at a fix for this is far more important than the screens > color depth. > > I am going to reset it for 16 bit depth to see if that helps. The > behaviour today is intolerable. I cannot edit a config file due to the > sticky keys effects. > Resetting it to 16 bits helps quite a bit, but doesn't completely alleviate the problem.
Another thing that might help my poor reflexes in catching it faster, is if the keyboard auto-repeat could be turned way slower, or even off. That would be a PITA, but would be better than an endless repeat at a speed far higher than the screen can be updated. Is there a facility to adjust that? Thanks all. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
