[PATCH] Reapply settings when external keyboard connects

Mark Trompell mark at foresightlinux.org
Mon Jun 2 12:23:50 CEST 2014


can you open a bug report and attach that patch there, so it won't get lost?

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Martin Kelly <martin at martingkelly.com> wrote:
> Martin Kelly wrote:
>>
>> This patch fixes a longstanding frustration I've had with XFCE, which is
>> that
>> every time I unplug an external keyboard and then plug it in again, my
>> keyboard
>> repeat settings get lost. It is 100% reproducible and has a fairly simple
>> explanation, which is that xfsettingsd does not listen for the device
>> being
>> added, so X11 sets the keyboard repeat rate instead. Thus my patch is for
>> xfsettingsd to listen for keyboards being added and apply the keyboard
>> settings
>> when the event fires.
>>
>> You can pull this patch from Github at:
>>
>> https://github.com/aomighty/xfsettingsd-stash/tree/martin-kelly/external-keyboard-notify-X11
>>
>> Martin Kelly (1):
>>    Reapply settings when external keyboard connects
>>
>>   xfsettingsd/keyboards.c | 115
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   xfsettingsd/keyboards.h |  12 +++++
>>   2 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>
> (friendly ping)
>
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