Don't use ~/.xinitrc ... place scripts in ~/.xinitrc.d Use ~/.Xmodmap (notice the case), and it will be managed for you
On Jan 23, 2014, at 12:40, Marcus Crestani <crest...@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Xquartz-dev mailing list > Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >
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