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I want to turn off all key repeats when X starts up. I tried adding

xset r off

to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, and to other files in the same area, but this doesn't seem to work. Executing the same command in a terminal once I've booted works as expected.

This is on centOS 6.5.

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To customize this, create your own in your home directory. Name it .xinitrc, make sure it is an executable script, and chmod +x.

– TLDP - The X Window User HOWTO - Running X

Customization is done by a .xinitrc file in ~; if present, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc doesn't load.

The above TLDP HOWTO suggests that there is .xclients for situations without .xinitrc.

The order of loading the files works like this:

Startx typically runs without command line arguments, but command line arguments will override its normal behavior described below. It gets client arguments from one of:

  • .xinitrc in the user's home directory, if the file exists.
  • /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc if the above file doesn't exist.
  • /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc by default if the above two files don't exist.

– How Linux X works

As the quote reveals; startx decides this, which is a shell script that can be customized.

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