From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 08:00:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16A1106566B for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1D78FC14 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:893:954c:9598:f79e] (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:893:954c:9598:f79e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CAB30120 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 09:00:53 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <48391CB3.3010400@cran.org.uk> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 09:00:51 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: x11@freebsd.org References: <47911B0B.2010406@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <47911B0B.2010406@cran.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Keyboard repeat problem on an Inspiron 1501 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:55 -0000 Bruce Cran wrote: > I'm seeing a problem on my laptop with FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 and xorg 7.3 - > but the problem's been around for a few months. When I keep a key held > down it'll repeat at most around 10 times before stopping. Often it > won't even repeat at all, and I have to keep pressing the key again each > time, which is quite annoying. > > My keyboard settings in xorg.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard1" > Driver "kbd" > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > EndSection > > > I've checked it's not a problem with the keyboard by switching back to > the text console; the keys repeat properly there. Has anyone else come > across this issue? I found what the problem was: the Dell Inspiron 1501 has a BIOS issue where it constantly emits scancodes apparently related to the power state, which interrupts the current keypress. Updating to the 2.6.3 BIOS and removing and reinstalling the battery solved the problem. -- Bruce