No repetition of keys in X11R7

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Fri Nov 28 05:28:00 GMT 2008


Rodrigo Medina wrote:
> Hi,
> The problem with the key repetition is due to the program
> setxkbmap. 
> 
> If I start XWin with
> 
> $ XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -xkbmodel  pc105 -xkblayout us\(intl\)

This keyboard layout should be auto-detected, so you shouldn't need to do 
anything to get it work

> both the key repetition and the Alt key work properly.
> 
> 
> if I start XWin with
> $ XWin -multiwindow -clipboard
> 
> and then
> $ setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us\(intl\)
> The Alt key works but the key repetition does not.

You might try "xset q" to check what the reported key repeat settings are 
before and after this

> Still there is someting else strange: The first time that XWin is stopped
> the lock files in /tmp are not deleted.

How are you stopping the X server?

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