Steps to reproduce: 1. Use evdev for X keyboard input (on Intrepid, Jaunty should be default, i.e. if you have no xorg.conf file) 2. In gnome keyboard preferences, move repeat delay slider all the way to 'Long' 3. Move repeat rate slider all the way to 'Fast' 4. Test repeat rate at bottom of dialog Expected results: Very fast repeat rate Actual results: Normal repeat rate
My understanding of the problem: It appears that the hardware repeat rate is tripping up Xorg's internal software repeat rate. If we set the software delay to be very long, i.e. such that it is longer than the hardware's delay, then the hardware's repeat will be triggered first. Once the hardware begins repeating key events, then the software's delay wait gets perpetually reset, so the software repeat rate will never be triggered. Some regression discussion: After patching evdev to ignore hardware repeat events, the hardware rate will be overridden by Xorg's software rate. E.g., before using this patch, you could use kbdrate in an rxvt to set the keyboard rate inside of X. After this patch, doing this has no effect. But I believe that this is OK and expected behavior. Any thoughts other concerns from any X gurus? Some further justification: This could close at least the following bugs: bug 264196 bug 289951 bug 290050 bug 290674 -- Please include this fix for jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345397 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
