Hello,

recently I installed Dosbox and a few different emulators for some old school gaming, however I'm having issues with key repeat/arrow keys

When I hold down the arrow key, my character takes a single step and then just stays there. In some games, the character keeps taking single steps, but I never actually get the smooth walking that you would expect. I've tried a few different games but they all have the same issue. I get the same issue when typing in some games. It will type a single letter, pause, then another single letter, I don't get the stream of letters you would expect from just holding down the letter key.

I have this issue in Dosbox and Osmose emulator. Keyrepeat seems to work fine in other applications, i.e. if I am scrolling through a webpage with the arrow keys it works fine.

I am using Linux Mint 19(?) on an HP Pavilion G6

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

While using Mint:

$ echo -ne "\0270\005\003\063\0333\0315\026\0264\0114\0315\041" > keyrate.com

copy that to your Dosbox folder.

when using dosbox, run it. I got the ASCII codes from an old thread on Yahoo. I don't think 11 ASCII codes are copyrightable. 11 notes in a symphony cover of a song the Rolling Stones got from the Staple Singers, perhaps-- but not 11 ASCII codes that tell DOS to change the key rate.

Good luck.

where do I find the dosbox folder?

Sorry, put it in whatever folder you run your games or dos programs from. Just be sure to do it before you run Dosbox. It isn't always up to date on new files that were created while it was running.

I have never heard of anything like this, and I can't imagine how it could possibly work. Could you please clarify whether you've actually tried it yourself? And how recently? Also: any reference better than "A Yahoo thread that I saved ages ago"?

The standard way of setting the DOS keyboard rate was:

The keyrate program seems to help, but still doesn't really fix the issue.
Now, I get continous walking, but still kinda jerky not the smooth walking that you would get normally

Also while the program helps in Dosbox, it's no use at all for the other emulators(e.g Sega emulator "Osmose")

edit:
I tried the 'mode con . . . ' command in Dosbox, but all it said was "illegal command: mode"

You're not using my SDL2 fork of DosBox, are you? I just came across a report of a (long-fixed) SDL2 bug with symptoms similar to what you're describing.

If you have trouble with keyboard input in some Unity games, there is a workaround (updated)

I'm not sure what version I am using, how do I find out?
I installed it using the default "Software Manager" app on Linux Mint 19

But again, I'm seeing the same issue when using the Osmose Sega Master System emulator