Hey Eric,

You could use xset until you figure out what's happening there:
$ xset r rate 200 40

If you also want to specify a kbd layout:
$ setxkbmap -rules evdev -model evdev -layout us -variant altgr-intl

HTH.
-Martín

On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Eric Duncan <eduncan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> i3 version 4.10.2 (2015-04-16, branch "4.10.2") © 2009-2014 Michael
> Stapelberg and contributors
>
> I recently switched to Arch and I'm bringing over my i3 dot files, etc.
>
> Got a problem... I can't see to get my Gnome 3.16 settings working in
> i3wm.  I haven't had a problem with my Debian (7 and Jessie Testing) and
> Ubuntu (14.04 and 14.10) installs in the past.  But I've installed Arch on
> two different machines, and on both I cannot get the gnome-settings-daemon
> (or at least that's what I think it is) to enable my Gnome settings.
>
> Specifically, I can't get my Gnome setting for Keyboard short delay and
> faster repeat enabled.  I have not tried any other settings.
>
> If it matters, I am running within VMware Workstation and Fusion.
>
> My config looks like:
>
> exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
> #exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
> #exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start
> --components=pkcs11,secrets,ssh,gpg #
> /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
> #exec --no-startup-id dropbox start
> exec --no-startup-id compton -Cb --config ~/.i3/compton.conf # -CGb
>
> So when logged in, I see:
>
> $ ps aux | grep gnome-settings
> gdm         897  0.0  0.3 820888 29796 tty1     Sl+  16:24   0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
>
> If I uncomment the gnome-settings-daemon one, it starts under my username
> and loads a few other gnome services:
>
> $ ps aux | grep gnome-settings
> gdm         897  0.0  0.3 820888 29796 tty1     Sl+  16:24   0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
> eric       1049  0.0  0.6 915224 51304 ?        Sl   16:24   0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
> eric       1112  0.0  0.2 283984 18924 ?        Sl   16:24   0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-locate-pointer
> eric       1114  0.0  0.1 433304 11408 ?        Sl   16:24   0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-printer
>
> Sounds good, except no keyboard settings have taken effect.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
>

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