On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 02:49:12PM -0800, Raymond Lillard wrote: > Hello Misc, > > I am running -current (amd64) on a Lenovo w500. > > I start Xfce4 from the command line with startx. I have > added: > exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > to ~/.xinitrc. > > Everything comes up nicely, but I cannot swap the Control_L > and CAPS_LOCK automatically at startup. > > I can swap them from an xterm command line using > setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps > and > xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap > Both of these methods do work, but I want it to happen > automatically when I launch X.
Add the setxkbmap command to .xinitrc above startxfce4. Also, remove the settings related to the layout of your keyboard in the settings of xfce4. > > I have gone to the "Session and Startup" dialog and > created an entry for the setxkbmap command method. > The command executes and returns 0. > > I have added: > XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" > to /etc/default/keyboard. This doesn't work either. > > I have instrumented /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc to verify that > > # load local modmap > test -r $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap > > in that file is executed and returns 0 > > Googling finds the solutions described above. These aren't > working for me. At this point I am out of ideas. I am > resisting writing an "xorg.conf" file. Am I down to that? > > Clue sticks gladly accepted. > > Thanks to all, > Ray -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
