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Hello!
I am new to Linux and right as I installed CentOS 7 on my laptop I have encountered the issue.
When I press any button and hold it, it does not auto-repeat.
I have tried to google the issue, but had no success.
What I have tried:
1) Turning auto-repeat on (off and on, changing delay and repeat rate) in keybord settings
2) Using "xset r" command in terminal, no result
3) Using "sudo kbdrate -r 4" command in terminal yields "read: Operation not permitted"
cat: /etc/default/keyboard: No such file or directory
I am using KDE GUI, and I tried enabling "key repeat" option in keyboard settings with no results. Additionally I tried changing repeat rate and repeat delay, but it didn't help ether.
Every method discussed in this thread thus far didn't seem to work on live version.
There were some differences that might be important:
1) "localectl status" on live version gave
Code:
System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
VC Keymap: us
X11 Layout: us
2) Linux and KDE versions are slightly different between what I have and the live distro. My Linux: CentOS 7 3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64 ; KDE SC Version 4.14.8 Live Linux: CentOS 7 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 ; KDE SC Version 4.10.5
Another thing which may or may not be relevant: I updated my packages via "yum update", ergo additional numbers in my Linux version (CentOS 7 3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64)
I am really not sure what else to suggest, if I didn't know any better I would think there is a issue with the hardware support but this does not happen very often in my experience so its just me thinking out loud. Could even be a bug but since you tested on 2 different version I am not quite sure it could be that. Perhaps maybe one of the more senior members might weigh-in.
What is the make and model number of your laptop? Is there a specific reason why you chose to use CentOS 7?
I don't want to put you in a position where I am throwing different distros at the problem to see which one works but out of interest are you able to try on another flavour of Linux? lets say something like Debian or Ubuntu or similar.
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