xkbset is a program rather like xset in that it allows you to set
various features of the X window interface. It allows one to configure
most of the options connected with the XKB extensions. They are described
in Section 10 of XKBlib.ps.
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With this program, X can be made to work on a Toshiba Portege 3000
wwwiiittthhhooouuuuttt key repeating. Just put this into your
.xinitrc / .xsession:
xkbset exp bo
xkbset bo
Thanks to erik.berglund@deployit.biz for this hint!