The bug is back. The edit in rc.local fixed it for 2-1/2 weeks, but today the old fast-repeat misbehavior has returned on my USB keyboard, but not on the laptop's built-in keyboard.
I checked rc.local and my fix is still there, has not disappeared. I am using Mint 6.0 On 4/4/09, Launchpad Bug Tracker <264...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-input-evdev - > 1:2.1.1-1ubuntu4 > > --------------- > xserver-xorg-input-evdev (1:2.1.1-1ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low > > [Bryce Harrington] > * rules: Adding 'patch' to the build task appears to be unnecessary. > > [Jeffrey Knockel] > * Add 102_filter_kernel_repeat.patch: Allow software to control keyboard > repeat rate. (LP: #345397, LP: #264196) > > -- Bryce Harrington <br...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:45:01 > -0700 > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Fix Released > > -- > [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released > Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > > Bug description: > go to System > Preferences > Keyboard > General > > The controls under Repeat Keys are failing to properly adjust the timing of > how fast keys are repeated when held down. > > I filed under gnome, but a person there thinks its an xorg bug in ubuntu: > http://bugzilla.gnome.org show_bug.cgi?id=550242 It has become quite > clear that this is a problem with the xorg-evdev driver, and intrepids new > hotplug architecture. > > > Here is a workaround for this: > > Temporarily add the following to your xorg.conf: > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" > EndSection > > Restart X, and you will be able to change the settings. Once changed, you > can remove those lines from your xorg.conf (which is recommended since > setting AutoAddDevices to off can interfere with your keyboard) > > > Another (and possibly better) workaround is to set the repeat rate manually, > see this comment for directions: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/264196/comments/26 > > > This bug may also be related to bug 278078 > -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 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
