Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:22:12 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, r3cgm@cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard ioctl troubles Message-ID: <199705192222.RAA00378@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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> When I try to run /usr/sbin/kbdcontrol (in FreeBSD v2.2.1) I get the > error message: > > [hornet.cdrom.com : root] /usr/sbin - kbdcontrol -r fast > setting keyboard rate: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Do you know why this wouldn't be working? You're not doing this from X windows are you? If so, you want to modify your XF86Config file to add AutoRepeat in the Keyboard section. # ********************************************************************** # Keyboard section # ********************************************************************** Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Protocol "Xqueue" AutoRepeat 250 1000 # Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required # when using pre-R6 clients # ServerNumLock [ etc ] Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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