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lutherdriggers

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Registered: 2016-11-05

Posts: 12

xmodmap loses settings periodically

I mapped alt_r to escape by adding to .Xmodmap

keycode 108 = Escape NoSymbol Escape

and I added to .xinitrc

usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    echo "Reading user Xmodmap"
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

And I have a USB keyboard.

For some reason xmodmap forgets this setting periodically and I have to execute $ xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

Keyboard settings are pretty vanilla otherwise, us english layout, etc.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,143

Re: xmodmap loses settings periodically

STR or usb suspension (powersaving feature) related (or do you maybe just periodically re-attach the keyboard or other input devices by hand)?

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