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From: Mantas Povilaitis <mpovilaitis@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: loooong delay with keyboard
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:37:04
Message-Id: 428c4cda0604201221x3313aaeared8967b634f55f22@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OT: loooong delay with keyboard by Matias Grana
1 On 4/20/06, Matias Grana <matiasg@××××××.ar> wrote:
2 > hi;
3 > a mate at work is using KDE (actually, he has Slackware, not Gentoo,
4 > but I guess it's the same). All of a sudden, a strange thing happened:
5 > When he logs in his account, the keyboard has a really long delay (about
6 > half a second) to echo each pressed key. So to write, say, 'no', he has
7 > to press the 'n', hold it for 1/2 second, then the 'o', hold it for 1/2
8 > second, and that's it.
9 > This happens in only one account, the others are unaffected.
10 >
11 > Does someone here know what the problem might be?
12
13 maybe
14
15 Control center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Accessibility -> Keyboard
16
17 Slow keys
18 If this option is enabled, the user must hold the key down for a
19 specified period of time (adjustable with the slider) before the
20 keystroke will be accepted. This helps prevent accidental key strokes.
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