keyboard auto repeat in X stops

[Christoph Groth <cgroth@gmx.net>]

Hello all,

I have a strange problem in X (potato 2.2r1): After some time in X the
keyboard auto repeat ceases to work (the keyboard behaves correctly in
the console, though) and I have to log out and log in again (I am
using xdm) to switch it on again.  Restarting the X Server is not
necessary.

This is rather annoying as I often run large simulations in X and
cannot log out without canceling them.  Is there a solution to this
problem?  Or is it a bug?

regards,
Christoph