On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 07:45:30PM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: > I suggest therefore the following procedure: > > 1. Quit X11 and move ~/.xinitrc out of the way. Then run > > xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap > > (This will start X11 again.)
Note that this won't include settings for modifiers like Shift, etc. I don't know if this is a problem in reality, though, since I pre-emptively added modifer settings to ~/.Xmodmap. > 2. Clean your config files: > > rm -rf ~/.gconf* ~/.gnome2* > > 3. Run the gnome-settings-daemon: > > /sw/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon > > This will open a window where you can choose .Xmodmap, click on "+Load" > and then "OK". > > From then on, your gnome keymap should be OK. Oh, very nice. This fixes the race condition with my setup. Thanks! > Here is how I explain the situation: The gnome-applets package installs > a whole bunch of xmodmap files into /sw/share/xmodmap/, and almost all > of these are crap. There is even one, xmodmap.us-mac, that admits > unashamedly what it does. Here is an excerpt: <SNIP> Wow. That's *really* bad. Thanks for the explanation, btw -- even if I use your first solution, it's nice to know what's going on under the hood. Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
