Linux: LXDE Set Key Repeat Rate

By Xah Lee. Date: 2015-03-14. Last updated: 2017-02-19.

Set Rate by Config File

Edit the file at

~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf

(you might have “Lubuntu” in the path instead of “LXDE”)

Change or add the following:

[Keyboard]
Delay=300
Interval=30
Beep=1

The numbers are milliseconds.

To reload the destktop config, do:

# reload LXDE's destop session manager
lxsession -r

There's a Graphical User Interface app you can use to set keyboard and mouse.

In terminal, type lxinput to start it.