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Kali linux cursor control keys is still in movement even if keyboard left/right arrows button are released

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When I hold down the left or right arrow keys to move my cursor, the cursor moves correctly but if I release the button suddenly, the cursor keeps moving for a little while, as if there is a delay which is kind of frustrating as I can't find the right position. I am using zsh and the latest version of Kali (Kali 2024). Also, I am using Gnome. Maybe it's a Gnome issue? (The VM is not cloud-based so no delays from internet connection; I've also changed the options setting repeat (keys-->speed repeat, keys-->delay) but those are for typing issues not for cursor movement) I have delved into this and I am very close to figuring it out but I need help. I've set these values for Gnome for numpad keys 2,4,6,8 (which act like arrows when NumLock is disabled). These buttons seem to work properly when holding/releasing. The cursor movement speed is OK and when I release the keys, they immediately stop just like any other distribution. The problem now is how to pass the same values for the classical cursor control keys because those don't work properly. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-max-speed 2000; gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-init-delay 20; gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-accel-time 2000; gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-enable true; └─$ xset q Keyboard Control: auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002 XKB indicators: 00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off 03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off 06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off 09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off 12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off auto repeat delay: 600 repeat rate: 31 auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf fadfffefffedffff 9fffffffffffffff fff7ffffffffffff bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 0 cycle: 0 Colors: default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff Font Path: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,built-ins DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling): Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard delay uint32 500 org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state false org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard remember-numlock-state true org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard repeat true org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.keyboard repeat-interval uint32 30
Asked by Panagiotis Drakatos (121 rep)
Jul 26, 2024, 04:02 PM
Last activity: Mar 16, 2025, 04:05 PM