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Old 06-17-2004, 10:39 AM   #1
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How do you set the keyboard wait-until-repeat delay?

Doesn't seem to be on my keyboard settings window.

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Old 06-17-2004, 06:48 PM   #2
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I think you can do it in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 like this:

Option "AutoRepeat" "1500 130"

under

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
... here ....
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Old 06-18-2004, 09:35 AM   #3
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Hey thanks
I'll try it out. Are those milliseconds?

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