Re: keyboard issues

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

>                                   The automatic key repeat rate is a little
> too slow to my liking.

It's not an X issue:

$ /sbin/kbdrate -r 30

This annoyed me enough to add this to my boot-up sequence:

/etc/rc2.d/S30keyboard -> ../init.d/keyboard

where the /etc/init.d/keyboard script is as follows:

-snip------------------------------
#! /bin/sh
#
# Set stupid Compaq keyboard

test -f /sbin/kbdrate || exit 0

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Setting stupid Compaq keyboard"
    /sbin/kbdrate -r 30
    ;;
  stop)
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/keyboard {start|stop}"
    exit 1
esac

exit 0
-snip------------------------------
 
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