Pall Gone <pallg...@gmail.com> wrote on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 05:38:14AM +0100: > Hi Joey > > I'm experiencing exactly the same problem. > > > Now here is where it gets strange. Testing a workaround... > Ha, pressing a key and it works. Funny... > I've tried to delay it before, but in the background, where this doesn't work > :) > > This seems to be a general Linux related problem as I am having the > same thing on Archlinux > > See here for some details: > http://madduck.net/docs/extending-xkb/ > > Cheers, > Pall
Thanks for that Pall. I removed the xmodmap stuff from my .xinitrc and replaced it with: setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps Now, after I start X, my Caps Lock key acts as a second Control, and the output of xmodmap -pm looks correct. Since the only configuration I needed is a built-in option, I didn't have to set up any rules files, but that information is good to know in case I want to do something more complicated in the future. I still don't know why configuring this with xmodmap works when using xdm but not when using startx. Adding ctrl:nocaps to XKBOPTIONS in /etc/default/keyboard also doesn't work, and I don't know why that's happening, either. But at least the main issue is now cleared up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100405032033.gb8...@conquistador.dnsalias.org
