I think VMWare just killed X :)
Oh well, it allows me to actually confirm this...
Having the same line in the .xsession file worked, {home} had to be
specified in full though...
Cheers,
John
John Robson wrote:
> same line, but in .xsession I think.
>
> I'll add it, and when I next reboot I'll post back if it failed (I'll
> likely have forgotten by then if it works...)
>
> Kathryn Andersen wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 01:40:00PM +0000, John Robson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Excellent -
>>>I had to run xmodmap -e 'keycode ## = F13' manually (I presume it will
>>>run properly on reboot (whenever that is))
>>
>>
>>No, it won't, actually.
>>In order for the keys to be remapped each time you start X, you have to
>>have some mechanism for ensuring that xmodmap is re-run each time.
>>Since I start X with startx from the command line, then I have the
>>following line in my .xinitrc file
>>
>>xmodmap ${HOME}/.xmodmaprc
>>
>>where the .xmodmaprc file has the remappings that I want.
>>
>>I'm afraid I can't remember how this needs to be set up when you have a
>>graphical login (and thus X starts on bootup rather than when you tell
>>it to).
>>
>>Kathryn Andersen
>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>McCoy: I'm a doctor, not an escalator.
>> (Star Trek: Friday's Child)
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