If you are using gdm3 as a login manager then if you will hold shift for 6-10 seconds then slow keys get turned on and and there is delay of about a second between pressing key and key appearing on the screen. Is there a way to disable that behaviour?
I have switched to kdm from gdm3. But from my notes (I have no way to test it) it seems that command xkbset -a fixed the issue temporarily. To disable toggling by holding shift for 10s you have to change the value of the key /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active to false. You can do it for example using gconf-editor or by running command:
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active false
To check the current value run:
gconftool-2 -g /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active
Note that this is tested some time ago - I am not sure it still works.
Asked: 2012-07-14 08:13:49 +0000
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Think you're better off asking at your distribution / GNOME.
@Tahtisilma Hi, could you please post a reply if you find a solution ? Thanks in advance.