I have the same problem, but also no error message: $ xmodmap -e "clear Lock" $ xmodmap xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) lock control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0xcd) mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb) $ date Fri Oct 26 18:06:37 EDT 2012 <press the caps lock key> $ DATE DATE: command not found -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to x11-xserver-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576102 Title: Unable to unmap Lock modifier using xmodmap Status in “x11-xserver-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: x11-xserver-utils This problem is happening under GNOME, KDE, and Openbox window manager sessions. I've deleted any ~/.Xmodmap files, so these sessions are not modifying the xmodmap prior to my execution of the described commands. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start a new X login session. It doesn't seem to matter which desktop environment is selected, as this bug is reproducible under KDE, GNOME, and Openbox. 2. Open a terminal. 3. Type one of the following commands: $ xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' OR $ xmodmap -e 'remove Lock = Caps_Lock' Result: An error message similar to the following is displayed: X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 118 (X_SetModifierMapping) Value in failed request: 0x17 Serial number of failed request: 11 Current serial number in output stream: 11 The serial number values vary but the other information is consistent. Requested information: 1) Release info: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 2) Package version: $ apt-cache policy x11-xserver-utils x11-xserver-utils: Installed: 7.5+1ubuntu2 Candidate: 7.5+1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 7.5+1ubuntu2 0 500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) Expected result Prior to my recent upgrade to Lucid (Ubuntu release 10.04), I was able to unmap the Lock modifier without problems. As a vim user I find it quite useful to map the [CapsLock] key to Escape, and prefer to disable the Lock modifier entirely: as I rarely write anything in all caps, I seldom have any use for it, and an accidental activation of it can cause minor confusion when editing files in Vim. My previous ~/.xmodmap file used the "clear Lock" directive to disable the Lock modifier. Upon rebooting after upgrading to Lucid I discovered that this functionality was no longer activated, ie that the Caps Lock key continues to control the Lock modifier's state. I expected it to be activated and for the Caps Lock key to not affect the Lock modifier state. 4) What happened instead: The Caps Lock key continued to control the Lock modifier's state. The error message given above was output in response to an xmodmap command to clear or remove that functionality. Also: please note that my exclusion of gdm debugging information was not so much due to privacy concerns as because I haven't run it in months. Although this install is an Ubuntu install, I installed the kubuntu-desktop metapackage some time ago, and so am using kdm rather than gdm. In any case this seems unlikely to be affecting xmodmap functionality. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: x11-xserver-utils 7.5+1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 5 19:03:06 2010 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion tx2000 Notebook PC ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5212e362-bd7e-4b90-9b1b-50d67ab7563a ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: x11-xserver-utils dmi.bios.date: 02/22/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.06 dmi.board.name: 30E5 dmi.board.vendor: Quanta dmi.board.version: 88.08 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.06:bd02/22/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliontx2000NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30E5:rvr88.08:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion tx2000 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: Rev 1 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x11-xserver-utils/+bug/576102/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
