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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: strange keyboard behavior
From:       George R Goffe <grgoffe () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2009-06-29 17:06:23
Message-ID: 931052.11672.qm () web90403 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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Peter,

Thanks for your response.

I gave up and re installed my system including the drivers. I did this in stages, \
testing the keyboard after each activity. No problems so far.

Thanks again,

George...

"It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so." Wil Rogers

--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> wrote:

From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Subject: Re: strange keyboard behavior
To: "George R Goffe" <grgoffe@yahoo.com>
Cc: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 4:20 PM

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:34:30PM -0700, George R Goffe wrote:
> This system is running CentOS 5.3, 32 bit address mode. I'm having trouble
> with my laptop keyboards, both the "native" keyboard and the usb keyboard.
> During boot, prior to starting x, both appear to be working correctly.
> Once I start x, the keyboard is practically non functional. Input is
> eventually received by holding down the keys til they become typematic. At
> this point in time all I can see are the keys I've pressed (i.e., just the
> "normal" results of the typematic action), not the "cmds" I have typed
> though.

sounds like xkb slow keys activated. try deactivating it with 'xkbset -sl'
http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/xkbset/

Cheers,
  Peter

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: \
inherit;">Peter, Thanks for your response. I gave up and re installed \
my system including the drivers. I did this in stages, testing the keyboard after \
each activity. No problems so far. Thanks \
again, George... "It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what \
you know that ain't so." Wil Rogers --- On Sun, 6/28/09, Peter Hutterer \
&lt;peter.hutterer@who-t.net&gt; wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: \
2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Peter \
Hutterer &lt;peter.hutterer@who-t.net&gt; Subject: Re: strange keyboard \
behavior To: "George R Goffe" &lt;grgoffe@yahoo.com&gt; Cc: \
xorg@lists.freedesktop.org Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 4:20 PM <div \
class="plainMail">On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:34:30PM -0700, George R Goffe \
wrote: &gt; This system is running CentOS 5.3, 32 bit address mode. I'm having \
trouble &gt; with my laptop keyboards, both the "native" keyboard and the usb \
keyboard. &gt; During boot, prior to starting x, both appear to be working \
correctly. &gt; Once I start x, the keyboard is practically non functional. Input \
is &gt; eventually received by holding down the keys til they become typematic. \
At &gt; this point in time all I can see are the keys I've pressed (i.e., just \
the &gt; "normal" results of the typematic action), not the "cmds" I have \
typed &gt; though. sounds like xkb slow keys activated. try deactivating it \
with 'xkbset -sl' <a \
href="http://www.math.missouri.edu/%7Estephen/software/xkbset/" \
target="_blank">http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/xkbset/</a> Cheers, &nbsp; \
Peter </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>

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