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I have a small .xmodmaprc to remap Caps Lock as Control:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L Control_R
add Lock = Control_R
add Control = Caps_LockThis was working until the xorg upgrade yesterday. Now, the right hand Control key is still remapped to Caps Lock; but Caps Lock stays as Caps Lock --- this key refuses to be remapped.
The upgrade involved the following:
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.6.0-1 -> 2.6.0-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xf86-input-keyboard (1.4.0-3 -> 1.6.0-1)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xf86-input-mouse (1.6.0-1 -> 1.7.0-1)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.14.0-2 -> 2.14.0-3)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xf86-video-vesa (2.3.0-3 -> 2.3.0-4)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xkbcomp (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.1-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xkeyboard-config (2.0-1 -> 2.1-1)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-iceauth (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-luit (1.1.0-1 -> 1.1.0-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-setxkbmap (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.0-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.9.4-1 -> 1.9.4.901-1)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-server (1.9.4-1 -> 1.9.4.901-1)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-sessreg (1.0.6-1 -> 1.0.6-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xcmsdb (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xbacklight (1.1.2-1 -> 1.1.2-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xgamma (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xhost (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xinput (1.5.3-1 -> 1.5.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xmodmap (1.0.5-1 -> 1.0.5-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xrandr (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xrdb (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.8-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xrefresh (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xset (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.1-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xsetroot (1.1.0-1 -> 1.1.0-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-server-utils (7.6-1 -> 7.6-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-twm (1.0.6-1 -> 1.0.6-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-x11perf (1.5.3-1 -> 1.5.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xauth (1.0.5-1 -> 1.0.5-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xcursorgen (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xev (1.1.0-1 -> 1.1.0-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xinit (1.3.0-2 -> 1.3.0-3)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xkbevd (1.1.2-1 -> 1.1.2-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xkbutils (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xkill (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xpr (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xwd (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2011-03-14 22:40] upgraded xorg-xwud (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)I have tried downgrading some of these individually (xorg-xev, xorg-xdbevd, xorg-setxkbmap) but it hasn't fixed the problem.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks
Last edited by david (2011-03-15 02:59:28)
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I'm having the same problem. I found someone already made a ticket on the bugtracker about it. It mentions downgrading xkeyboard-config, but I don't have an older version right now...
EDIT: I just built xkeyboard-config 2.0 from ABS, and it fixes the problem.
Last edited by tom5760 (2011-03-15 02:36:05)
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Thanks Tom,
Downgrading from xkeyboard-config-2.1-1 to xkeyboard-config-2.0-1 fixed the problem.
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Downgrading xkeyboard-config (but no other package) breaks the alt gr key for me, though..
Does anyone else who has downgraded experience this problem?
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I confess, FireyFly, that I've never seen an Alt Gr key in my life. Though now that I check, my Alt_R key is not working after the downgrade.
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Hey, just found this post with what may be a better way of remapping caps lock.
setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcapsor
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocapsThis way of doing it seems to work with the latest version of xkeyboard-config too.
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