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amanouss

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Registered: 2014-12-08

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[SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

Hi 

I'm using Microsoft ergonomic 4000  keyboard    and in xmodmap

I did the following changes
I changed  XF86Lauch5 Xf86Launch6   to

keycode 192 = XF86Copy XF86Copy XF86Copy XF86Copy XF86Copy

and

keycode 193 = XF86Paste XF86Paste XF86Paste XF86Paste XF86Paste

Following   the instructions for xmodmap from archlinux forum
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap/

I   added

[[ -f ~/.Xmodmap ]] && xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

in   ~/.xinitrc.

While these changes work  in firefox and libreoffice   when  I'm in  xfce4 when   I  use   gnome    I have to run  xmodmap  ~/.Xmodmap   in the terminal in order to activate these changes  and also these keyboards shortcuts works only in firefox.

I also     added  [[ -f ~/.Xmodmap ]] && xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap  in     /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc   with no result in gnome. 

The same results  making the changes

keycode 192 = XF86Copy NoSymbol XF86Copy NoSymbol XF86Copy

and

keycode 193 = XF86Paste NoSymbol XF86Paste NoSymbol XF86Paste

Is there is a way  to make these changes work in gnome for firefox and  libreoffice without to have to run  xmodmap  ~/.Xmodmap   in the terminal  every tome I log in.

Thanks

Last edited by amanouss (2019-04-07 20:34:49)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

Please see https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode and edit your post.
Is gnome a wayland or an X11 session?

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

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amanouss

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Registered: 2014-12-08

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

the command

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

gives  wayland

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

Conclusion?

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amanouss

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Registered: 2014-12-08

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

conclusion?

Almost solved the problem

log in in gnome x11,  indeed the keyboard shortcuts work  in firefox and libreoffice  but I  have to run the command xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap  in the terminal and for some reason it delays  to respond in the command.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

The gnome session will rather not automatically source xinitrc nd even if it does: if (likely) it sets the keyboard layout, your modmap gets nuked in the process.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Autostart

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amanouss

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Re: [SOLVED] xmodmap changes work in xfce4 and not in gnome

thanks

I  made  gnome  to  run xmodmap  ~/.Xmodmap   on startup and everything works.