On one of my machines, xmodmap runs during XQuartz startup but the
changes it makes do not stick. In my setup (Mavericks, XQuartz 2.7.5),
I have a simple .xmodmap to switch Mod1 and Mod2:
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
add Mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R
add Mod2 = Mode_switch
I run my .xinitrc with `/bin/sh -x', so system.log shows what .xinitrc
is doing:
23.01.14 20:49:09,867 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: xauth: file
/home/crestani/.serverauth.89293 does not exist
23.01.14 20:49:11,927 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]:
/opt/X11/bin/xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: +
userresources=/home/crestani/.Xdefaults
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: +
usermodmap=/home/crestani/.xmodmap
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: +
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: +
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + '[' -f
/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources ']'
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + '[' -f
/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap ']'
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + '[' -f
/home/crestani/.Xdefaults ']'
23.01.14 20:49:12,044 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + xrdb -merge
/home/crestani/.Xdefaults
23.01.14 20:49:12,083 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + '[' -f
/home/crestani/.xmodmap ']'
23.01.14 20:49:12,083 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + xmodmap
/home/crestani/.xmodmap
23.01.14 20:49:12,086 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + xset -b
23.01.14 20:49:12,088 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + xmodmap
23.01.14 20:49:12,090 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[89292]: + exec quartz-wm
It runs `xmodmap /home/crestani/.xmodmap', but when app_to_run (xterm)
launches, the changes are no longer there:
crestani@bender [~] xmodmap
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x40), Shift_R (0x44)
lock Caps_Lock (0x41)
control Control_L (0x43), Control_R (0x46)
mod1 Mode_switch (0x42), Mode_switch (0x45)
mod2 Meta_L (0x3f), Meta_R (0x47)
mod3
mod4
mod5
I can run xmodmap manually, then the xmodmap settings are correct and
stick as long as XQuartz is running.
crestani@bender [~] xmodmap /home/crestani/.xmodmap
crestani@bender [~] xmodmap
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x40), Shift_R (0x44)
lock Caps_Lock (0x41)
control Control_L (0x43), Control_R (0x46)
mod1 Meta_L (0x3f), Meta_R (0x47)
mod2 Mode_switch (0x42), Mode_switch (0x45)
mod3
mod4
mod5
For debugging, I log the result of `xmodmap'[1] in .xinitrc immediatly
before it execs quartz-wm (see second to last line in the system.log
excerpt above). It showed the desired mapping (mod1 is Meta and mod2 is
Mode_switch).
There must be something undoing my xmodmap settings between the time my
machine finishes .xinitrc and the time the first xterm comes up. I
suspect some race condition, possibly with xkb. Does anybody have a
guess or a hint what I should observe to identify the problem?
Is the xkb error in org.macosforge.xquartz.log related to my problem?
[3232113.457] (II) GLX: Initialized Core OpenGL GL provider for screen 0
[3232113.575] X11.app: DarwinProcessFDAdditionQueue_thread: Sleeping to allow
xinitrc to catchup.
[3232113.596] (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-30.xkm
[3232113.596] (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead.
[3232115.602] noPseudoramiXExtension=0, pseudoramiXNumScreens=1
[3232116.578] Calling ListenOnOpenFD() for new fd: 8
Is xmodmap still the recommended way to modify keyboard mappings in
XQuartz or should I switch to xkb? How would I change the xkb
configuration, since as far as I understand XQuartz does not use a
static xkb configuration but instead generates the configuration
dynamically from OS X's keyboard settings?
Thanks for your help!
Footnotes:
[1] I needed to redirect xmodmap's output to a file but I was not able
to find the location to where the output of the commands that are
called by .xinitrc gets logged. Does anybody know where the output
is logged?
--
Marcus
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