Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

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amokpaule

Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by amokpaule »

Hello, i changed my key repeat and repeat speed a while ago on my old keyboard. I have a new one now, and i need to change the values back.The system does not overtake my settings, i also made another user and its working fine there. Any help is much appreciated :)
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gm10

Re: Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by gm10 »

In a terminal window on the user with the problem run this:

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sudo chown -Rc $USER:$USER $HOME
and then try changing your setting again.
amokpaule

Re: Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by amokpaule »

Some files where changed from root to my user but i can not yet change my keyboard settings. I change them with xset r rate 500 33 (the value from a working user) and with xset -q i shows that value, but the keyboard still does still work as the settings are not changed.
gm10

Re: Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by gm10 »

amokpaule wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 2:28 am Some files where changed from root to my user but i can not yet change my keyboard settings. I change them with xset r rate 500 33 (the value from a working user) and with xset -q i shows that value, but the keyboard still does still work as the settings are not changed.
Oh. I was expecting you to be changing them via Mint menu > Keyboard. Try that.
amokpaule

Re: Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by amokpaule »

Visually they are the same snow, but the keyboard behavior is stil very odd and a way to slow. Is there a way to delete my own settings or overwrite them with working ones?
gm10

Re: Keyboard repeat has a very long delay

Post by gm10 »

amokpaule wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:49 am Visually they are the same snow, but the keyboard behavior is stil very odd and a way to slow. Is there a way to delete my own settings or overwrite them with working ones?
I don't know what you mean about the settings - you change your settings by changing them - but you might be having a driver problem. Post output of

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inxi -Fxz
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dmesg | grep -e "/input/"
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