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I have the same problem, I tried to set it in the /preferences/keyboard, but that didn't get it slow enough so I rebooted & went into the BIOS annnd set it there(you'll have to look for Typematic setting). Took several tries but I finally got it set to where I could live with it
I have the same problem, I tried to set it in the /preferences/keyboard, but that didn't get it slow enough so I rebooted & went into the BIOS annnd set it there(you'll have to look for Typematic setting). Took several tries but I finally got it set to where I could live with it
Ah, do BIOS is the source for KDE's settings? Apparently.
For a virtual terminal, without KDE, the command is kbdrate. That appears to have no effect on KDE, however.
I don't think the BIOS has much effect(if any), but at least(in my case, Ubuntu ver 8.10 x64) it seemed to get me some improvement, I still have to back space a fair amount & am still looking for a better solution, will post here if I find
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