Re: kbdrate set by normal users
Jason Pepas, 2002-Oct-07 14:50 -0500:
> > I'm not sure I know what you mean by "globally". Do you mean for all
> > users? Does it work at all?
>
> when I say globally, I mean it actually didn't work at all. I have noticed
> that if I change kbdrate in an xterm, and then switch to tty2, the kbdrate is
> back to default, and when I switch back to the xterm, it too is now back to
> default. So I was assuming it changed the kbdrate for tty1 (I assume that is
> the tty which the script ran attached to?) and then kbdrate got changed back
> to default when gdm started. I have no idea if that is what actually
> happened.
>
> have you experienced anything similar to this?
Not really. When I change the rate in an xterm it's changed for all
the xterms, all new xterms, and all tty's. I have the same results
when making the change from a tty.
Are you issuing the command as root? I don't know if it works as a
user.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
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