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<H2><A NAME="s17">17. Changing the keyboard repeat rate</A></H2>
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keyboard!repeat rate, setting
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<P>At startup, the Linux kernel sets the repeat rate to its maximal value.
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For most keyboards this is reasonable, but for some it means that you
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can hardly touch a key without getting three copies of the corresponding
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symbol. Use the program kbdrate(8) to change the repeat rate, or, if
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that doesn't help, edit or remove the section
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! set the keyboard repeat rate to the max
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mov ax,#0x0305
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xor bx,bx ! clear bx
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int 0x16
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of <CODE>/usr/src/linux/[arch/i386/]boot/setup.S</CODE>.
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<P>Scott Johnston (<CODE>sj@zule.com</CODE>) reports: `To program the
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repeat rate of a Gateway AnyKey keyboard all one has to do
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is press the "Repeat Rate" key, then a function key
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F1-F8, then "Repeat Rate" again. F1 is the slowest possible repeat rate,
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and F8 is really fast. If you somehow manage to mess up your AnyKey
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keyboard doing this, simply press Ctrl-Alt-SuspndMacro to reset
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your keyboard to factory default settings.'
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