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    Linux/XKB question (autorepeat)

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    01-Jan-2015 04:28:19#1 Linux/XKB question (autorepeat)

    Hi guys!

    Do any of you know what happened to the key autorepeat in Linux (Ubuntu - now running v14.04)? I'm not sure when it stopped working for me but it may have been a few system versions back. I thought it might be something wrong with my Extend mappings, but as it turns out most of my keys won't autorepeat even with another layout/model/option. It's really annoying!

    Letter/symbol keys and space are affected. The arrow keys, Tab, Back and Enter are not.

    An «xset q» query produces the following:

      auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  33
  auto repeating keys:  0003c00018000081
                        0080ff2ffeedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        ff77ffffffffffff

    «xkbset q» gives a similar result but to my confusion not the same one:

    Repeat Keys = On
Repeat Delay = 500
Repeat Interval = 30
Per Key Repeat =
        00ffffffdffffbbf
        fadfffefffedffff
        9fffffffffffffff
        fff7ffffffffffff

    Without deciphering the exact key codes, all those 'f' should mean that autorepeat is indeed turned on for most keys and it seems activated in general too? Except it isn't. Grrr.

    If anyone have autorepeat working on Ubuntu or another Linux distro, could you please post the result of that bit of the xset info for comparison?

    Last edited by DreymaR (01-Jan-2015 12:23:01)

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    04-Jan-2015 15:17:25#2 Re: Linux/XKB question (autorepeat)

    Uh, this is just the oddest thing. After a restart, autorepeat is now working again! With Extend and all.

    «xset q» output has changed a bit, too:

    auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  33
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff

    So basically, now there's full correspondence between xset and xkbset as opposed to before. I'm stumped. But at least, everything seems to be working fine again!

    Last edited by DreymaR (04-Jan-2015 15:20:21)

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