I forgot to mention this:
exec --no-startup-id /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon-localeexec
exec --no-startup-id dconf write
/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/cursor/active false       # Fix a bug in
gnome-settings-daemon:
http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/creating-a-modern-tiling-desktop-environment-using-i3/

-M.

On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Martin Cigorraga <martincigorr...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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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