[kde-freebsd] self missconfiguration of "Use slow keys"

[Raphael Kubo da Costa]

Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> My wife is running in her laptop FreeBSD 9-CURRENT r214444 and KDE
> 3.5.10.
>
> Yesterday, while typing a mail in firefox, she encountered the problem
> that any key stroke only showed up after pressing the key for half a
> second or so, and this in any used application (only on alpha console
> all was fine); it took me some time to realise that in
>
> Control Center --> Regional&Accessibility --> Accessibility
> in the tab 'Keyboard Filters' the option 'Use slow keys' was enabled;
>
> and this of course without any intention and, as she explained, the
> problem occurred from one moment to the other;
>
> after un-checking this option box all was fine again;
>
> any ideas what could have caused this?

In case you haven't, I suggest also posting this to freebsd-ports to
make sure you reach more KDE3 users.