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Date:      Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:16:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Keyboard Repeat Rate
Message-ID:  <slrnd40veu.k8r.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org>
References:  <20050322153446.GA920@vilot.com>

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On 2005-03-22, Tom Vilot scribbled these
curious markings:
> After I start X, I need to switch to a virtual console and log in as
> root so that I can issue kbdcontrol -r fast.

Do you mean that you have your system set to load X immediately upon
booting, and that you do not set the keyboard repeat rate before then?
If so, put the following in /etc/rc.conf:
keyrate="fast"

And all should be well. Also note that you do not need to be root to
issue that command. I need to do this command a lot when I reboot a
machine on my KVM, because it registers as a keyboard disconnect which
fouls up the keyboard settings, and having to su root each time would be
rather annoying.

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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