On 05/17/10 15:09, JD wrote:
On 05/16/2010 07:36 PM, Mike Oliver wrote:
On 5/16/2010 12:03 PM, jd wrote:
Dear all,
I have been trying to change the KB autorepeat
to a very slow rate, but does not work.
To wit:
$ xset r 2 500
xset: unknown option 500
usage: .....etc.....
So, the man page says the options for rate setting are:
[-r [keycode]] [r [keycode]] [r {on|off}] [r rate delay [rate]]
The first 'rate' in '[r rate delay [rate]]' is a keyword, not a
parameter. Do this:
xset r rate 2 500
Mike.
Hi Mike.
I tried it, and it fails.
What's with the Xlib extension error?
$ xset r rate 2 500
Xlib: extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".
xset: unknown option 500
The 'r' argument section of the 'xset' man page I have here says:
If the server supports the XFree86-Misc extension, or the XKB extension,
then a parameter of 'rate' is accepted and should be followed by zero,
one or two numeric values. The first specifies the delay before
autorepeat starts and the second specifies the repeat rate. In the
case that the server supports the XKB extension, the delay is the
number of milliseconds before autorepeat starts, and the rate is the
number of repeats per second.
Based on the error message, presumably your X server doesn't provide the
required extensions, so the 'xset r rate ...' command will fail when run
against this server. (I'm not certain, but I think xset's willingness
to use the XKB extension is a recent addition. If your 'xset' is old
then it might not know how to work with XKB and might depend entirely
on XFree86-Misc.)
You can run 'xdpyinfo' to get a list of the extensions your X server
provides.
If your X server doesn't provide the required extension(s) then the only
way I know of to influence the key repeat rate is by arranging to pass
suitable -ar1 and -ar2 command-line options to the X server as it starts
up.
Mike.
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usage: xset [-display host:dpy] option ...
To turn bell off:
-b b off b 0
To set bell volume, pitch and duration:
b [vol [pitch [dur]]] b on
To disable bug compatibility mode:
-bc
To enable bug compatibility mode:
bc
To turn keyclick off:
-c c off c 0
To set keyclick volume:
c [0-100] c on
To control Energy Star (DPMS) features:
-dpms Energy Star features off
+dpms Energy Star features on
dpms [standby [suspend [off]]]
force standby
force suspend
force off
force on
(also implicitly enables DPMS features)
a timeout value of zero disables the mode
To set the font path:
fp= path[,path...]
To restore the default font path:
fp default
To have the server reread font databases:
fp rehash
To remove elements from font path:
-fp path[,path...] fp- path[,path...]
To prepend or append elements to font path:
+fp path[,path...] fp+ path[,path...]
To set LED states off or on:
-led [1-32] led off
led [1-32] led on
To set mouse acceleration and threshold:
m [acc_mult[/acc_div] [thr]] m default
To set pixel colors:
p pixel_value color_name
To turn auto-repeat off or on:
-r [keycode] r off
r [keycode] r on
r rate [delay [rate]]
For screen-saver control:
s [timeout [cycle]] s default s on
s blank s noblank s off
s expose s noexpose
s activate s reset
For status information: q
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