jsd@esl.ESL.COM (Jeff Dalton) (04/06/91)
I just plugged in my Mouse-track(r) track ball to my HP 9000/360 and now the key repeat doesn't work (ie. if I hold down the key, it won't repeat the character as long as the key is down). The track ball interfaces to a little HP-HIL/Quad port module which is inline like the keyboard (and speaker, and id module). Is there some X parameter that I need to set to make my keys repeat? Thanks for any advice... - Jeff - jsd@esl.com -- Jeff Dalton, ESL Inc. Real programmers can write jsd@esl.com Fortran in any language.
paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) (04/08/91)
In article <406@esl.ESL.COM> jsd@bambam.UUCP (Jeff Dalton) writes: >I just plugged in my Mouse-track(r) track ball to my HP 9000/360 and >now the key repeat doesn't work (ie. if I hold down the key, it won't >repeat the character as long as the key is down). > >The track ball interfaces to a little HP-HIL/Quad port module which >is inline like the keyboard (and speaker, and id module). Is there >some X parameter that I need to set to make my keys repeat? > Generally, I've found that if you break the hil loop while the machine is running, all kinds of odd things can happen. My hp service guy tells me that you're supposed to power down before messing with the loop (I don't usually; but have been bitten as a result from time to time). Anyway, you may be able to restore autorepeat under X with "xset r". If that doesn't work, reboot. -- Paul B. Booth (paul@eye.com) (...!hplabs!hpfcla!eye!paul) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D/EYE, Inc., 2359 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 voice: (607)257-1381 fax: (607)257-7335
jws@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (John Stafford) (04/10/91)
Jeff,
If you change the devices (or even just unplug/plug the same device)
on an active (powered up and initialized) HIL loop, odd effects can
occur, the most common is loss of keyboard repeat. I believe that xset
r will restore it (but I'm not sure, someone more knowledgeable than
myself will have to verify). Certainly rebooting the machine will solve
the problem as well.
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