On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:15:08 -0800 David Emerson <demerson5@...> wrote: > I have made changes in kcontrol > peripherals > keyboard (repeat > delay/rate). > > This works great when I boot up the computer. > > However, if I use a KVM switch to go to another computer and come back, > the keyboard repeat delay and rate are messed up (probably default > settings, not my settings.) > > What can I do about this, so that my keyboard repeat settings will be > automatically applied when a (new) keyboard is plugged in / replugged? > > I can see that it is possible to set something up through udev, but I > don't know how to script TDE changes that appear to require the GUI. How > to script this? Or perhaps udev is not the right approach? > udev wouldnt help there - kvm switching is usually invisible to computer. Write a command using xset to set desired repeat rate and delay and put it somewhere on panel. My have a following commands in it, usefull not only for kvm but also to fix wine/vmware messing keyboard/mouse. setxkbmap xset r rate 250 30 m 20/10 4 -- Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@...)