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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5803 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:56:22 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gatech!emory!tackle!jc From: jc@tackle.uucp (John Capo) Subject: Re: Minor XFree86 problems, long function key string bug in elvis Message-ID: <1993Jan1.022752.10553@tackle.uucp> Organization: Technology Atlanta Corporation References: <1992Dec30.005909.15079@tackle.uucp> <RICH.92Dec30003656@superego.Rice.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:27:52 GMT Lines: 30 In article <RICH.92Dec30003656@superego.Rice.edu> Rich@rice.edu writes: >>>>>> In article <1992Dec30.005909.15079@tackle.uucp>, jc@tackle.uucp (John Capo) writes: > >J> I have XFree86 running and only have a few problems left to solve. > >J> 1. Auto-repeat is very slow. I can turn it on and off via command >J> line switches or in Xconfig but I can't change the repeat or >J> delay rate. > >Well, xset can enable or disable the repeat but it doesn't have >support for changing the rate or delay. You should be able to use >'AutoRepeat 500 5' in your Xconfig to set the delay and rate. > I have AutoRepeat in Xconfig and I have tried many different delays and repeat values and nothing works. The repeat rate I get is the same as I do from the console which is about 4 characters/second. Not very fast. I was getting 10 or so characters per second with ISC. I looked at the keyboard driver and see nothing there so repeat must be a keyboard function. Any other ideas? >J> 2. Num lock does not work at all. > >try adding 'ServerNumLock' to your xconfig: > I also have ServerNumLock in Xconfig and still nothing. Thanks -- John Capo jc%tackle.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu gatech!vta!tackle!jc