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  From: Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>
  To  : Robyn Manning <robynman@dove.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:08:23 +1030

Re: Bought Honeywell keyboard, now repeat-rate slow

Robyn Manning [robynman@dove.net.au] wrote:
> Hi Mark
> 
> You could try the settings in the CMOS of your computer to set the
> repeat rate.

The CMOS doesn't have keyboard rate as an option.

I found how to increase the repeat rate in X however.  All I needed to
do was restart X.  It seems disconnecting and reconnecting the
keyboard causes the repeat-rate to revert to the slow state.

Cheers,

Mark.


> 
> Robyn
> 
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > I have just bought a new Honeywell keyboard.  It works nicely except
> > that the repeat rate is now much slower than with my old keyboard.  In
> > my XF86Config I have
> > 
> > Section "Keyboard"
> >    Protocol        "Standard"
> >    AutoRepeat      500 4
> >    LeftAlt         Meta
> >    RightAlt        Meta
> >    ScrollLock      Compose
> >    RightCtl        Control
> >    XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
> > #   XkbKeymap       "xfree86(us)"
> >    XkbTypes        "default"
> >    XkbCompat       "default"
> >    XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
> >    XkbGeometry     "pc"
> >    XkbRules        "xfree86"
> >    XkbModel        "pc101"
> >    XkbLayout       "us"
> > #   XkbOptions      "ctrl:swapcaps"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Are the Honeywell keyboard immune to the "AutoRepeat" option?  Is
> > there a way of setting the keyboard rate for the Honeywell?
> > 
> > Perhaps it is because I have some wrong options elsewhere?  For
> > example it is a 104 key keyboard, so perhaps I need to change some
> > other options?  I did "man XF86Config" but it didn't seem to give the
> > possible options --- other than the default options, which is pretty
> > useless.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Mark.
> > 
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