Re: keyboard repeat

[Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On 2025-01-13 08:03, Will Mengarini wrote:
> * gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> [25-01/13=Mon 03:15 -0500]:
> > Got an odd problem. xfce settings>keyboard repeat is lost on a reboot, and I
> > have to spend an hour or more, playing around with the repeat settings,
> > selecting different keyboards, the whole maryann before I can get the repeat
> > to work gain.
> >
> > This keyboard is an escapee from a failed windows all in one that died from
> > monitor damage a couple weeks after I bought it, wired, usb, says its an hp
> > on the back, at least 115 keys, maybe more. has mute, vol up and down keys
> > above the arrow pad, and a 1/4 moon symbol on a 4th key that puts the
> > monitor to sleep and only a power down reset will reboot to restore it.
> > Front panel reset has no effect once this button has been pushed.
> >
> > sudo lsusb -v says:
//snip//
> > Does anyone have an idea how to make this repeat function survive a reboot?,
> > and what keyboard I should select from that pulldown on the
> > settings>keyboard menu?
>
> I handle this kind of thing with the kbdrate program, which
> is in the Debian package named 'kbd'.  It's a command-line
> application, so I'm not sure how to get it to work with Xfce.

  I simply use the xset program. Write a litle executable script and 
add is to the xfce startup programs

Mine is: xset r rate 250 50

Call the script anything you want and make it executable. It'll be run
everytime you boot.