Just a quick follow-up: I can use the suggested workaround as follows. 1) Create a bash-script in my homedir with the xmodmap command. 2) Add this bash-script to startup applications.
It just didn't work when I put the command directly in startup applications... Go figure.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072120 Title: ~/.Xmodmap not read on login Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In most previous Ubuntu version I can remember, settings in ~/.Xmodmap were read upon login. In Quantal Quetzal, this is no longer the case. (Sorry, I don't know what package this issue belongs to) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1072120/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

