> I have had my RedHat 3.0.3 Linux system installed for sometime now, and just
> recently, I noticed that if I hold a key down, either on the command line or
> within VI or Xemacs, the repeat rate is very slow, about 1 character per second.
> Where would I go to change this? Is there a configuration file where the
> repeat rate is set?
My ancient Slackware system came with a utility named kbdrate which
can be used to set both the repeat rate and the delay prior to repeating
for IBM-compatible keyboards. Here's the man page:
KBDRATE(8) Linux Programmer's Manual KBDRATE(8)
NAME
kbdrate - reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time
SYNOPSIS
kbdrate [ -s ] [ -r rate ] [ -d delay ]
DESCRIPTION
kbdrate is used to change the IBM keyboard repeat rate and
delay time. The delay is the amount of time that a key
must be depressed before it will start to repeat.
Using kbdrate without any options will reset the rate to
10.9 characters per second (cps) and the delay to 250 mil-
liseconds (mS). These are the IBM defaults.
OPTIONS
-s Silent. No messages are printed.
-r rate
Change the keyboard repeat rate to rate cps. The
allowable range is from 2.0 to 30.0 cps. Only cer-
tain, specific values are possible, and the program
will select the nearest possible value to the one
specified. The possible values are given, in char-
acters per second, as follows: 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5,
2.7, 3.0, 3.3, 3.7, 4.0, 4.3, 4.6, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0,
6.7, 7.5, 8.0, 8.6, 9.2, 10.0, 10.9, 12.0, 13.3,
15.0, 16.0, 17.1, 18.5, 20.0, 21.8, 24.0, 26.7,
30.0.
-d delay
Change the delay to delay milliseconds. The allow-
able range is from 250 to 1000 mS, but the only
possible values (based on hardware restrictions)
are: 250mS, 500mS, 750mS, and 1000mS.
BUGS
Not all keyboards support all rates.
Not all keyboards have the rates mapped in the same way.
Setting the repeat rate on the Gateway AnyKey keyboard
does not work. If someone with a Gateway figures out how
to program the keyboard, please send mail to
FILES
/etc/rc.local
/dev/port
AUTHOR
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