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From: sdl@adagio.austin.ibm.com (Stephen Linam)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: keyclick in hft/AIX3.1
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Date: 5 Nov 90 13:17:03 GMT
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|> I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320.  So I went into smit
|> and turned it off.  However whenever I start X windows the keyclick
|> comes back.  Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the
|> keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console.  I especially
|> hate the sound when holding down the delete key.  Sounds like my
|> RS6000 has a little flatulance!

This is what I do:
Start X with "open xinit".  Once X is started Alt-Action back
to the console and turn the click off.  Exit from the console
(leaving a login prompt), Alt-Action back to X.

There's probably a  more elegant way to do this, but this works.

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