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I'm trying to run xmodmap at startup to remap Ctrl and Caps Lock, so I have an desktop entry (xmodmap.desktop) in ~/.config/autostart as follows:
[Startup]
Type=Application
Name=Xmodmap
Comment=Remap keys in X.org
TryExec=xmodmap
Exec=xmodmap ~/.xmodmap
NoDisplay=true
Here are the contents of ~/.xmodmap:
!
! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L
!
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keycode 37 = Caps_Lock
keycode 66 = Control_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L
I'm starting LXDE using xinit, so here are the contents of .xinitrc:
#!/bin/sh
exec startlxde
Running "xmodmap ~/.xmodmap" from a terminal after starting X works just fine, but when starting X (with xinit/startx) the keys are not mapped... Wondering what I'm missing here.
Last edited by seansawyer (2008-12-23 14:40:18)
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it could be as simple as changing the [Startup] in your desktop file to [Desktop Entry] but that's a guess. Or maybe your .config/autostart directory isn't being read for some reason--permissions problem? Maybe try adding your xmodmap command to the /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart file to see if that works. Just a bunch of suggestions for you.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz
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Thanks for the suggestions. I tried changing [Startup] to [Desktop Entry] in the desktop file (no dice) and further examined the permissions on the autostart dir (also to no avail). Putting it in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart works, but I'd rather not have the keys remapped for all users on the machine.
Lucklily, after some more searching I came across this thread from the XFCE users list:
http://www.nabble.com/An-xmodmap-Issue-td20946296.html
There is a lot of good info in there, but the long and short of it is that adding the following line in ~/.xinitrc before starting LXDE does the trick:
test -r $HOME/.xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmap
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