Bug#181423: xserver-xfree86: [core server] should not change keyboard repeat settings on non-X VCs

[Andrew Young <aty@sciences.sdsu.edu>]

> About 4 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding the
> keyboard repeat settings non changing on non-X VCs. Did you reproduce
> this problem recently? If not, I will close this bug in the next weeks.

Currently, it seems that if I use X and then log in to a VC, the Debian
default rate is on.  But I can set the rate and delay via /sbin/kbdrate,
and go back to X and then return to the VC with my (modified) preferred
rate still OK.  However, I have to become root to run /sbin/kbdrate;
otherwise I get an "Operation not permitted" error.

I've put /sbin/kbdrate in root's .bash_profile, so that if I log in as
root before logging in as myself on a different VC, the rates will be OK.

If I log in to a VC and set the rate I like before bringing up X, when
I return to the VC the rates are OK.

I'll check on my other Debian box later today and make sure it behaves the
same way.

		-- Andy Young