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Re: Mac Keyboard Issues in X



On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:59:57PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> ... Back in 2004 when I installed Woody on an 840av, I noted that 
keys
> wouldn't repeat in X.  (e.g., you can't scroll with arrow keys, hold 'j'
> down in vi or less and move down more than one line at a time, or eat up
> a line with the backspace key)  This feature worked in the console with
> no problem.  
> I think it just has to be something to do with XF86 4...  Any wisdom?
> 
> JCE

the xserver-xorg package's 'startx -help' suggests that
"startx r" should enable key repititions. 
Perhaps the developers were listening?



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