[PATCH] Reapply settings when external keyboard connects

Harald Judt h.judt at gmx.at
Mon Jun 2 12:50:57 CEST 2014


Am 09.05.2014 20:05, schrieb Martin Kelly:
> 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(-)

Thanks for this patch! It seems this also solves problems with
settings lost after hibernate/resume.

Harald

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