On 16/08/2015, to...@tuxteam.de <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson <ca...@peak.org> wrote: >> > Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> writes: > > [...] > >> > That same right-click menu has an option to save the settings to a >> > .xmodmap file and shows how to include that file on start. > > [...] > >> Okay; whilst the option to save the settings to the .xmodmap file, is >> not explicit, and I had to guess it (something like "Write settings" >> from memory), in the response to doing that, it returns a dialgue box >> that states "You should modify your login script to include a line >> like .... " >> >> How do I modify the login script? I do not know the file name or path, >> for the login script. > > That depends a bit on what shell you are using and on your other general > setup. Typically, if your shell is bash, this file will be called > .bash_login (note the dot at the start o the name), and will live in your > home directory. > > How does the line you are supposed to include look? >
Hello. Unfortunately, like with many other message boxes/dialogue boxes, copying and pasting, is not possible. In the particular message box, is " Wrote output to the file /home/bret/.xmodmap-bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504 You should modify your login script to include a line like xmodmap ~/.xmodmap-`uname-n` (those are backquotes.) <OK> " " bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$ cat .bash_login cat: .bash_login: No such file or directory bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$ sudo cat /home/bret/.bask_login sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504 [sudo] password for bret: cat: /home/bret/.bask_login: No such file or directory bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$ sudo cat /home/bret/.bash_login sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504 cat: /home/bret/.bash_login: No such file or directory bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$ " -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
