Re: persistent keyboard problems

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> writes:

> hi all,
> 
> this got lost in a thread above, and i'm clueless.
> 
> since upgrading to version 4 of X, my keyboard has been wildly
> erratic.  (only in x, not in terminal mode.)  i stuck the lines
> 
> /usr/bin/X11/xset r rate 255 80 &
> xset r rate 255 80
> 
> in my ~/.xsession file, but they do absolutely no good, and every time
> i log into X, i have to `xset r rate 255 80` into the console to get
> it normal again.
> 
> this is really pissing me off.  anyone got any ideas??

If you're using kdm, gdm, or something similar that allows you to choose
a window manager/desktop environment when logging in, you need to choose
the "default" session for ~/.xsession to get sourced.  Otherwise it'll
be ignored.  Perhaps this is your problem?

-- 
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>