Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 27 Sep 2007, s. keeling wrote: > > Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc > > > > contains the line: "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap". which has worked for many > > > > months or even years. In the last couple of weeks the command is not > > > > > > Try this in your .bashrc: > > > > > > if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then > > > > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > > /usr/bin/xmodmap $usermodmap > > else > > Unfortunately, neither of these works for me. The problem appears to be > that $DISPLAY is not set. I have tried setting various values for it
If you've been expecting this to work for the console, that's your error. X Window defines the DISPLAY variable. If you're not running X, xmodmap is irrelevant. Xmodmap is an X application. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]