Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 16:23:12 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, r3cgm@cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard ioctl troubles Message-ID: <199705192323.QAA07030@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 May 1997 17:22:12 CDT." <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.
...or redirect stdin ("< /dev/ttyv0"). kbdcontrol tries to do its thing on
the current tty, assuming that it is the console device.
-DG
David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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