problem with xset

[walter harms]

JD schrieb:
> 
> 
> On 05/17/2010 09:36 PM, Mike Oliver wrote:
>> On 5/17/2010 9:15 PM, JD wrote:
>>> xset r rate 2 255
>>> belches out the error that Xlib does not have XFree86-Misc
>>> for display 0:0
>>> and my autorepeat gets set to 0 delay and probably maximum
>>> repeat rate, so that I am not even able to type any command.
>>> For example, doing an ls becomes:
>>> $ lllllllllllllllllllllllllssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
>>
>> That sounds like it's working then.  So instead of asking for a 2ms
>> pause before the autorepeat begins and 255 repeats per second
>> (which is what you're doing now), play with the numbers to get
>> closer to the behaviour you really want.
>>
>> You said you wanted a slow repeat, right?  Try 'xset r rate 1000 4',
>> which should wait one second (1000ms) before beginning to repeat and
>> should then repeat at a rate of 4 events per second.
>>
>> Mike.
> 
> Thank you Mike,
> That did it. But the server still says:
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> So why would the man page say the rate comes before the delay in the
> args list?
> What a &*@#$@%#&$ man page!!!
> Even --help specifies the args backwards.
> 

my man page says:

" The first specifies the delay before autorepeat
               starts and the second specifies the repeat rate."


is there an other line ?

re,
 wh