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Naps62

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Registered: 2012-11-18

Posts: 2

gnome overriding .xinitrc settings

I've had this problem for a while now, but only on one of my 2 computers. I have "setxkbmap -layout pt" in my .xinitrc file, but that wasn't working, and I manually had to run that command everytime I booted.
Now I solved that by setting the keyboard layout in the gnome settings menu (it was previously empty)

But now I also want to map Caps Lock to escape, which works by doing "setxkbmap -option caps:escape"
Running this in the terminal works, but not via xinitrc. I guess the gnome keyboard settings are overriding this as well?

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,558

Re: gnome overriding .xinitrc settings

Are you starting gnome through a display manager ?

If so, it may be the display manager that ignores .xinitrc content and not gnome itsef.

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: gnome overriding .xinitrc settings

This is nothing to do with Gnome.

The .xinitrc file is only parsed when starting X using the startx command. If you use a display manager then it doesn't get used, you need to use an alternative method to run your commands.

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Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

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Re: gnome overriding .xinitrc settings

If you're using GDM you need to put the commands in ~/.xprofile:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gdm

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