Your message dated Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:28:34 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#588555: x11-xserver-utils: xmodmap does not work when
called within .xinitrc/.xsession
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Package: x11-xserver-utils
Version: 7.5+1
Severity: normal
This is a long standing issue apparently.
I rarely use xmodmap but for mod4 remap on thinkpad.
Something very easy like:
------
clear Lock
add mod4 = Caps_Lock
------
simply does not work when xmodmap is called within .xinitrc or .xession
at startx call.
I tried different tricks suggested here and there, such as calling each
instruction by '-e' option, calling xmodmap twice in a row, etc.
These days the only way to work around is using some autostart functionalities
of the various desktop/window manager in use. And also that could
fail (e.g. in awesome it does not work when called with a
awful.util.spawn_with_shell()).
Of course, it also works when called within an xterm client.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages x11-xserver-utils depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.5-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 2:1.1.1-3 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.3-4 X11 Input extension library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxmuu1 2:1.0.5-1 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-3 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.5-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.0-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii x11-common 1:7.5+6 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
x11-xserver-utils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages x11-xserver-utils suggests:
pn cairo-5c <none> (no description available)
pn nickle <none> (no description available)
pn xorg-docs-core <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 18:20:06 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> Package: x11-xserver-utils
> Version: 7.5+1
> Severity: normal
>
> This is a long standing issue apparently.
> I rarely use xmodmap but for mod4 remap on thinkpad.
> Something very easy like:
>
> ------
> clear Lock
> add mod4 = Caps_Lock
> ------
>
> simply does not work when xmodmap is called within .xinitrc or .xession
> at startx call.
>
> I tried different tricks suggested here and there, such as calling each
> instruction by '-e' option, calling xmodmap twice in a row, etc.
> These days the only way to work around is using some autostart functionalities
> of the various desktop/window manager in use. And also that could
> fail (e.g. in awesome it does not work when called with a
> awful.util.spawn_with_shell()).
>
> Of course, it also works when called within an xterm client.
>
Not a bug in xmodmap, if anything it's a server side issue. I'm pretty
sure there are existing bugs against the server for this, iirc it only
works after the first key press.
See also
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/keyboard-configuration-its-complicated.html
for some related stuff.
Cheers,
Julien
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