ukbd key repeat behaviour changed?

James Wright james.wright at jigsawdezign.com
Wed Mar 4 18:46:10 UTC 2020



> On 4 Mar 2020, at 08:49, Hans Petter Selasky <hps at selasky.org> wrote:
> 
>> However, to confirm it's not just my typing, I booted into my old kernel (r357365) and I don't see the issue as in the newer revision (r358484).
>> I think it may be something to do with the latest version not resetting the initial repeat delay when another key is pressed, e.g.
>> 1) Hold down the 'a' key.
>> 2) Wait a split second just before the 'a' key should start repeating, and press 'l' key whilst still holding the 'a' key.
>> 3) There should be a renewed initial delay before the 'l' key starts repeating, but I think it starts repeating almost immediately (as if it were still counting from the press of the 'a' key).
>> Hope that makes some sense! :-)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can you try the attached patch?
> 
> Does it solve the issue?
> 
> --HPS
> <ukbd.diff>


Thanks for the patch! 

Is there any way of easily testing it without rebuilding the whole kernel, as ukbd seems built in by default?


Thanks,
James


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