Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 126745
gnome-keyboard-properties sets keyboard delay and rate as float instead of int
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:45 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: When I run gnome-keyboard-properties (via the Preferences/Keyboard menu option) and try to adjust the keyboard repeat rate or delay, I get a popup error like this: Type mismatch: Expected `int' got `float' for key /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/delay This error continues to occur when I start X. I can correct this by hand, and get the results I want, by setting the properties as integers: gconftool-2 -t int -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/delay 500 gconftool-2 -t int -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/rate 20 As a side note, when the repeat rate gets screwed up, keys repeat so quickly that it's impossible to type, making it very difficult to correct the problem by hand. A limit on the repeat rate would be a good way of mitigating the damage from bugs like this. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): control-center-2.6.1-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select the Preferences/Keyboard menu item 2. Select the Keyboard tab 3. Below Repeat Keys, select "Key presses repeat when key is held down". 4. Move the sliders for Delay or Rate. Actual Results: An error pops up, and all keys repeat twice immediately upon pressing them. Expected Results: Setting the proper keyboard repeat properties. Additional info:
I have the same problem.
I have tried to downgrade libgnome using: rpm -e libgnome libgnome-devel --nodeps; rpm -ivh libgnome-2.6.0-2.i386.rpm libgnome-devel-2.6.0-2.i386.rpm to 2.6.0.2 which did not fix the problem. This downgrade was suggested in bug 124207 which is a duplicate of this one.
I take that back. The problem is now fixed after downgrading to libgnome 2.6.0-2.
Update: If I use /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties and change either the delay or speed in the Repeat keys section the error reoccurs (pop up box with error message and repeat keys does not work). Using gconftool-2 -t int -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/delay 500 gconftool-2 -t int -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/rate 20 and then using /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties and only checking "Key presses repeat when key is down" fixes the problem again. Note this manual fix also works after upgrading libgnome to 2.6.0-3.
Can you give me the output of: /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/%gconf.xml | grep delay
Sorry, not anymore. I have already changed the OS on that machine.
[root@gifford gifford]# cat /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/%gconf.xml |grep delay <entry name="delay" mtime="1086833025" type="schema" stype="int" owner="gnome">
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Hi, This bug is being closed because it has been in the NEEDINFO state for a long time now. Feel free to reopen the bug report if the problem still happens for you and you can provide any information that was requested.