* Pete Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010430 14:01]:
> Some time since last night my keyboard repeat has gone...
>
> I'm baffled - I've been running 8.0rc1 since it appeared, and have been up
> and logged in for 16 days without problems. Symptoms are, well, no
> auto-repeat. If I change keyboard settings in the Gnome config tool and
> hit "Try", auto-repeat comes back, but after an "OK" it vanishes again. It
> may be significant that I run W2K in VMware wherein auto-repeat *does*
> still work, but that VM has also been up for 16 days.
>
> 8.0rc1+Gnome+E on a Celeron 450 with keyboard set to uk102 (it's a proper
> clicky IBM :)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Pete
Hi Pete,
I'm not sure what's going on. Perhaps VMWare is getting involved..
My understanding of the keyboard repeat rate is that this value is
stored in the keyboard itself (strange, eh?) and so further I believe
that VMWare must be setting/unsetting this during context switches
between itself and Linux.
What happens if, as root, you simply run '/sbin/kbdrate -r 30.0 -d 250'.
Does this bring back your repeat? Does it stick when using vmware and
leaving it again?
Usually I lose repeat rate from accidentally unplugging a keyboard, or
the equivalent act of changing heads on a KVT switch.
Respectfully,
Joshua Rodman
