Re: Fixing a dead keyboard-repeat

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've no idea why this happens, but occasionally it does.  I came back
> to work after the holidays to find that the keyboard repeat rate on my
> Red Hat 6.0 system has dropped to something rather slow.  In my
> opinion, holding down a key should make it repeat at roughly 0.5c,
> so to me this is very annoying.
> 
> Restarting X doesn't cure it.  Un/replugging the keyboard doesn't cure
> it.  (PS/2 keyboard, if it matters.)  And I'd rather not reboot my
> machine because it has an uptime of 112 days and by now it's the
> principle of the thing.
> 
> Anyone know how I can restore my repeat rate to its former glory?

I think the repeat rate can be set in X windows with the "xset" command.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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