Re: xmodmap not working from xinitrc
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:42:21PM +0100, Armando Cambra wrote: If I remember correctly (can't test it here... no unixoid system near), startx sources the .xmodmaprc in your home directory, so you swap your keys twice as you start up X. I'd try without xmodmap in your script an see if it works. No it doesn't work if I comment out the line. Also the startx script doesn't mention xmodmap. At least I only have to run xmodmap once if I don't put it inside xinitrc. -- :wq Jona pgptTTk7yARu7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xmodmap not working from xinitrc
If I remember correctly (can't test it here... no unixoid system near), startx sources the .xmodmaprc in your home directory, so you swap your keys twice as you start up X. I'd try without xmodmap in your script an see if it works. Regards, Armando On 2/28/08, Jona Joachim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! My .xinitrc has an xmodmap tweak to switch the Ctrl and Caps keys. For some reason these changes are not applied when I start X, Ctrl is still Ctrl and Caps is still Caps. However I have to run xmodmap twice when X has started to actually make it work. It seems like the changes were applied but somehow not used by X, when I rerun xmodmap it seems like it switches the keys back to their original states and when I then run it again it finally works. Here's my .xinitrc: # X tweaks xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr xset -b numlockx on xmodmap ~/.xmodmap # Desktop environment feh --bg-center ~/.themes/FreeBSD.jpg mydzen xmonad # Wait wait $! pkill dzen2 wait and here's my .xmodmap: remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = Control_L uname -a: FreeBSD nirvana.my.domain 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Jan 30 10:06:18 CET 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] :/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HYPOCENTER i386 Installed versions: xorg-7.3_1 xmodmap-1.0.3 -- :wq Jona ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xmodmap not working from xinitrc
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Jona Joachim wrote: My .xinitrc has an xmodmap tweak to switch the Ctrl and Caps keys. For some reason these changes are not applied when I start X, Ctrl is still Ctrl and Caps is still Caps. However I have to run xmodmap twice when X has started to actually make it work. It seems like the changes were applied but somehow not used by X, when I rerun xmodmap it seems like it switches the keys back to their original states and when I then run it again it finally works. Here's my .xinitrc: [snip] I asked essentially the same question four months ago - see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-October/160815.html - and received a couple of me too responses. Now I get to say me too as well. Still no fix AFAIK. Anyone? -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
