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Old 20th September 2009
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Default arrow keys in X

When I push my left arrow key and keep it pushed in, my cursor moves back only one place.
This is only in applications in X (more specifically in OpenBox).
When my laptop starts and I'm in command line mode, the cursor moves back as long as the arrow key is pushed.

What setting / property should I change?
Thanks in advance for an answer.

Edit: typo corrected

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Old 24th September 2009
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Did I ask a stupid question? Or haven't I been clear enough?
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Maybe most people hare are as vi-powered thinking as I am, and rarely use the raw arrow keys for anything.
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Old 24th September 2009
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Can you provide the output of the following? in [code][/code] blocks?

$ xset q | grep repeat
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Old 24th September 2009
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Can you provide the output of the following? in [code][/code] blocks?

$ xset q | grep repeat
Thank you for your answer. Here's the output:
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auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000
auto repeat delay: 660 repeat rate: 25
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
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I'm not sure what the issue is, perhaps your keyboard uses different keycodes for the arrow/cursor keys? are you able to confirm this using xev(1)?

Also, are you using a US keyboard? if not, then perhaps you need to configure your keyboard in X.
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Old 25th September 2009
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Hi, when I run xev a,d I push the "j" button, the output is:

Code:
KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1000001,
    root 0x67, subw 0x0, time 1041239, (383,-12), root:(936,13),
    state 0x0, keycode 44 (keysym 0x6a, j), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6a) "j"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

When I push the left arrow key, the output is:

Code:
KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1000001,
    root 0x67, subw 0x0, time 1042199, (383,-12), root:(936,13),
    state 0x0, keycode 100 (keysym 0xff51, Left), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False
I don't know if this informtion is useful. I'm just a computer user, who uses freeBSD for my working station.

I'm using a belgian keyboard. I've put in .xinitrc the following line:

Code:
setxkbmap be
EDIT: when I remove this line from .xinitrc, my cursor moves appropriqtely. But now I have a US keyboard instead of a Belgian. qwerty instead of azerty.

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Old 25th September 2009
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Problem solved thanks to the clues that you gave!

I added

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Option "XkbLayout" "be"
to /etc/xorg.conf I made. Then I deleted the

Code:
setxkbmap be
from .xinitrc

And now it works fine! (And I learned alot this morning)

Thanks for the help.

Edit: I don't see the thanks-button? Am I overlooking it?

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Old 25th September 2009
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I don't see the thanks-button? Am I overlooking it?
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