Keyboard autorepeat keeps turning off

Cride5 · 10-17-2007, 09:54 AM

Hi. I'm using Ubuntu linux on a Dell Latitude D620 Laptop. Ever since I installed Ubuntu, keyboard auto repeat has been switched off in X by default. Every time I run "xset q" after boot I get

Code:

  auto repeat:  off    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  30
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffdfffdfe5ef
                        ffffffffffffffff
                        ffffffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  6/1    threshold:  10
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0    WhitePixel:  16777215
Font Path:
  /home/crider/.gnome2/share/cursor-fonts,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/home/crider/.gnome2/share/fonts
Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 0    Suspend: 0    Off: 0
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
File paths:
  Config file:  /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  Modules path: /usr/lib/xorg/modules
  Log file:     /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I can fix it easily enough by typing "xset r", but having to do this every time on boot is a pain. And if that's not a pain enough, x has an annoying habit of 'mysteriously' switching autorepeat off after what seems a random period of time

Has anyone come across this before?

Thanks in advance

Cride5 · 10-17-2007, 10:53 AM

OK, it looks like its a bug with synergy client (v 1.3.1)

alvarezp · 03-10-2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cride5

OK, it looks like its a bug with synergy client (v 1.3.1)

Confirmed. I'm experiencing the same problem too. Ubuntu Gutsy on both computers.

Anyone has any info about this?

Worksman · 02-14-2009, 07:20 PM

I'm running Intrepid Ibex.
I believe this to have started happening to me after I enabled and then disabled keyboard auto-repeat in the Keyboard/Mouse settings dialog from KDE 4.2.

I believe that when you disable it, KDE will keep disabling it regardless of how the state is when you start X.

So the fix is obvious, enable the setting from inside KDE.
Or test for this by running a window manager (not another desktop environment like gnome because it will enable autorepeat if it is configured to do so by default).