Thanks Bill for the info.  That did solve the bounce problem.

But now I just have to type a little bit slower, which is more livable 
than those double chars.

-- Steve

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:41:49AM +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
> >Hi.
> >
> >I am having problems with my  keyboard and XFree86 4.1.0.
> >
> >I get random 'doublestrokes' when I type while in X.
> >
> >eg:
> >"Tthis  iis what happpeens sometimes when I type."
> 
> Hi Steve:
> 
> This is not a solution to your problem, but it may help with diagnosis 
> and as a workaround:
> 
> Try running accessX (available as part of the XKB extension which you 
> should have installed) - there are command line and GUI tools for 
> running and configuring it lots of places, try
> http://www.rehab.uiuc.edu/accessx
> 
> If you run with the bouncekeys option enabled (turns on debounce) you 
> can set the keybounce delay to reject key 'bounces' (multiple presses in 
> quick succession).  If this doesn't solve your problem then you are 
> probably in real trouble ;-)
> 
> anyway this will probably help in the diagnosis.  You might play with 
> other accessX options as well; by default I think it turns keyrepeat off 
> entirely, you can set the repeat delay and repeat interval also.
> 
> -Bill
> 
> >I  have adjusted the autorepeat "1500 3" and have even xset -r, and
> >neither have any effect.  Does anyone know how  I can go about solving
> >this problem? And if not.  Which source files should I start looking at
> >to try to fix at the source level?
> >
> >This is a laptop (Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504) with 85 keys.  All the
> >keys work fine except for the random double stroking.  Also, if anyone
> >is working  on a driver for the GeForce2 Go chipset I will be willing
> >to test as  I use FreeBSD, and can't use the NVidia linux drivers, so
> >I'm using the  VESA driver.  
> >
> >This keyboard problem happens in both Linux and FreeBSD and only under 
> X.
> >At  the console prompt it works correctly.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >-- Steve
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