Re: keyboard problem
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Glenn Becker wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am experiencing an odd problem with the keyboard -- specifically the arrow
> keys, it seems. Seems to be X-specific. In short, the keys don't
> "repeat" ... you have to strike the down arrow key, for example, 5 times
> to go down 5 lines rather than being able to simply hold the key down and
> let the cursor do the walking ...
>
> I guess this is in the realm of the annoying rather than life-threatening,
> but it does involve more wear and tear both on the keyboard and on the
> trusty carpals. I'm guessing from prior experience that this will involve
> using xmodmap ... probably xmodmap -e [something] but I'm lost as to what
> the [something] should be.
>
> If anyone has a quick answer for this or can point me to a reference,
> thanks in advance. I may have missed a thread on this - sorry if so, work
> has been nuts.
>
you could try
$ xset r on
some games (eg quake2) turn key repeating off and if it crashes,
repeating doesn't get turned on again.
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