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krypek

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Registered: 2022-09-07

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How to disable caps lock before the encrypt hook?

How to I disable caps lock before the encrypt hook in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf?
This is my current mkinitcpio.conf configuration:

HOOKS=(base udev autodetect keyboard keymap modconf block encrypt ...

I tried setting the keymap option
/etc/vconsole.conf:

keymap="nocaps"

/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/nocaps.map:

keycode 58 = nul

It's not turned on at boot, I want it disabled completely so clicking it doesn't do anything.

Any ideas?

Last edited by krypek (2022-09-07 09:06:30)

schard

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Re: How to disable caps lock before the encrypt hook?

I think this might be an x/y problem.
I.e. why is caps lock on in the first place when you boot the machine?

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krypek

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Re: How to disable caps lock before the encrypt hook?

It's not turned on at boot, I want it disabled completely so clicking it doesn't do anything.

Last edited by krypek (2022-09-07 08:59:00)

schard

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Re: How to disable caps lock before the encrypt hook?

Ah, I see.

keymap="nocaps"

!=

KEYMAP=nocaps

And don't forget

# mkinitcpio -P

and a reboot afterwards.

Last edited by schard (2022-09-07 11:04:34)

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krypek

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Re: How to disable caps lock before the encrypt hook?

Solved my problem!

/etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=us-nocaps

I copied /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz to /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/us-nocaps.map
And added

keycode 58 = nul

at the end.

/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/us-nocaps.map

...
keycode 58 = nul