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venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 996

autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

I want to start command $xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
befor kde4 starts, I am using KDM i tried System Setting >Advanced > autostart but there is no way to apply the setting "start before KDE"

all my key binding association vanishes after reboot

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DELL XPS 1640 with ATI Mobility Radeon  HD 3670. Arch Linux KDE Minimal Install

vaidas

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Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 15

Re: autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

add "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap" line to your .xinitrc

Army

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Registered: 2007-12-07

Posts: 1,784

Re: autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

Are you sure?? In the 2 days, I used KDE4, I found this option in the kdesettings, I guess it was exactly the section you described here. Do you use KDE4 from [extra] or the KDEmod4?

venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 996

Re: autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

I use KDEmod, but there is no way to start the commard befor KDE starts...sorry xinitrc doesn't work

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DELL XPS 1640 with ATI Mobility Radeon  HD 3670. Arch Linux KDE Minimal Install

Janax

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From: Iowa

Registered: 2007-05-21

Posts: 86

Re: autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

Try linking .xprofile to point to the .xinitrc you created:

$ cd ~; ln -s .xinitrc .xprofile

Once I did that, it seemed to work just fine.

hash

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-07-31

Posts: 109

Re: autostart Xmodmap before KDE4 starts

To run some kind of script before KDE starts just move this script to ~/.kde4/env. If env directory does not exist then just create it. Remember to chmod +x it

e.g. create xmod.sh in ~/.kde4/env

#!/bin/bash

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

Last edited by hash (2008-08-28 15:10:42)