On Thu, 7 May 2015 19:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Liam O'Toole <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015-05-07, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got the following in my Application Autostart tab > > > > /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps > > > > but it never executes on start-up. > > > > I was hoping someone might be able to tell me how to go about > > debugging the problem (and yes it is checked). > > Was a .desktop file created in ~/.config/autostart? If not, you can > create your own, with the above command on the 'Exec=' line. There are > lots of examples of .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. I think > the Application Autostart GUI will only applications which are > registered with the system in that way. > yes it did. and it has started working. Honest and for true, I tried restarting xfce at least 3 times and it never worked. then this evening i start it up and it worked just fine. ??? The setxkbmap command works for me on the command line, so i don't think permissions have anything to do with it, but here's the permissions anyway. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20336 Dec 25 2013 /usr/bin/setxkbmap Very weird. Maybe some sort of race condition at startup ? The one change I made was to enable the splash screen. Maybe that has something to do with it ? Thanks for the advice. Brian p.s. here's the swapctrl.desktop file. some others may find it useful. [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.9.4 Type=Application Name=swapctrl Comment=Swap CapsLock and Control Exec=/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps OnlyShowIn=XFCE; StartupNotify=false Terminal=false Hidden=false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
