xset r rate error (extension "XFree86-Misc" missing)

[Alan Coopersmith]

Octoploid wrote:
> I upgraded to the latest git version today and "xset r rate" 
> does not work anymore:
> % xset r rate 300 150 
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> It looks like XFree86-Misc has been removed. How do I set
> my keyboard rate and delay now? 

With "xset r" and the XKB extension, unless you've disabled that.

Looks like we need to fix xset to try xkb first, then xfree86-misc,
instead of the other way around, both to get the more maintained and
more widely adopted code, and to avoid warnings on new servers.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering