xset r rate error (extension "XFree86-Misc" missing)

[Julien Cristau]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 17:35:13 +0000, Octoploid wrote:

> I upgraded to the latest git version today and "xset r rate" 
> does not work anymore:
> % xset r rate 300 150 
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> It looks like XFree86-Misc has been removed. How do I set
> my keyboard rate and delay now? 
> 
Are you sure it doesn't work?  The missing XFree86-Misc is only a
warning (which is expected with Xorg >= 1.6), and xset should work
without it.

Cheers,
Julien