Bug 129749 - kbdrate does not make changes specified on Dell SK-8110 keyboard
Summary: kbdrate does not make changes specified on Dell SK-8110 keyboard
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Martuccelli
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-08-12 14:30 UTC by Alex Bruno
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-01-05 19:37:00 UTC
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Description Alex Bruno 2004-08-12 14:30:11 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Try to use kbdrate with a Dell 

type 

kbdrate -r 9 -d 1000



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kbdrate

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.kbdrate -r 9 -d 1000
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  Typematic rate set to 33.3 cps (delay = 500 ms)

Expected Results:  Typematic rate set to 9 cps (delay = 1000ms)

Additional info:

No matter what variables you enter for -r or -d no changes occur. 
Tried this as root or a normal user on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
(2.4.32-18.EL) kernel
Comment 1 Miloslav Trmač 2005-02-19 00:13:45 UTC 
This seems to be a linux-2.4 kernel bug
(see http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.2/1177.html)
Comment 3 Peter Martuccelli 2006-01-05 19:37:00 UTC 
RHEL3 is entering maintenance mode, this issue has been considered and will not
be included in RHEL3.

Closing this issue out as wontfix.
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