[K12OSN] Super fast repeating keys on keyboard.

[Eric Harrison]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, John P. Conlon wrote:

> I'm running 5.2 with the latest yum updates.
> Server is home-brew with AMD 1GHz processor and 1.5 gig of RAM.
> One of the terminals has developed a keyboard sensitivity problem in that if 
> you type a letter you will get anywhere from 3 to a dozen or so repeats.
> I have replaced the keyboard and the problem is still there.
> I have replaced the terminal box with another and the problem is still there.
> I moved the ethernet cable to a different terminal and the problem moved with 
> it.
>
> These things indicate to me that something in the server or operating system 
> is the culprit.  A Linux friend of mine has said that there is a method for 
> correcting this.  Can someone please direct me to the solution?
> Thanks
> Pat

It's not the keyboard or the terminal, it is the account's keyboard
preference settings. I ran into this recently and thought it was a
bad keyboard as well ;-)

System -> Preferences -> Keyboard

Adjust the Delay & Speed settings...

-Eric