Change keyboard repeat speed tty

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Hello.
How can I change the keyboard repeat rate in the console?
When I start a tty, the repeat rate is very high.
It is very difficult to enter the password.
Every time I have to open a console to solve a problem, I spend a lot of time trying to enter the root password.

The output of localectl is:

USER# localectl status
System Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
VC Keymap: es
X11 Layout: es
X11 Model: pc105

In plasma keyboard settings:
Delay: 500 ms
Repetitions: 7

It works fine.

I have no idea which file to modify to prevent this from happening.
This isn’t a recent issue; it’s been happening since I got the laptop.

Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.8-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (14.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X570ZD_X570ZD
System Version: 1.0

Emiliano

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The only thing I’ve come across, and this is from years ago, is kbdrate

To my surprise, it’s still installed. Check out the man page for all of the options.

Any use?

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Cannot open /dev/port: Operation not permitted

No se puede abrir /dev/port: Operación no permitida

I had already tried this command.
Thank you.

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I assume you ran with with sudo?

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sudo not

su o -su

always as root.

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OK then - I’ve no further ideas on how to change the repeat rate for a terminal.