Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com):
> >> xmodmap ~/.xmodmap-`uname-n`
> >>
> >> bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$
That's quite a hostname!
> >> "
> >>
> >> Which I will test, the next time that I reboot (which probably will
> >> not be for a few hours).
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately
On 30/08/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 16/08/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 16/08/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On 16/08/2015, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 15/08/2015, C
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:42:40PM +0100, Brian wrote:
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> It cannot be set up by users without root privileges and does nothing
> that the stock X won't do. That makes it inelegant, over-engineered and
> therefore unnecessary. :)
>
> ~/.xmodmap
On Mon 17 Aug 2015 at 12:41:27 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 17/08/2015, Brian wrote:
> >
> > ~/.xmodmap with the contents "keycode 54 = z". ~/.xsessionrc with the
> > contents "xmodmap .xmodmap". Two files; two lines; total control.
>
> I appear to not have a file .xsessionrc
Create it.
> I d
On 17/08/2015, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 21:18:10 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:57:20PM +0100, Brian wrote:
>> > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 20:21:05 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > It still comes down to why intrude on the user's province?
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 21:18:10 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:57:20PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 20:21:05 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > It still comes down to why intrude on the user's province? One file,
> > .xsessionrc, and one l
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:57:20PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 20:21:05 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> It still comes down to why intrude on the user's province? One file,
> .xsessionrc, and one line in the file to disable the
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 20:21:05 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 03:48:05PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:59:03 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I forgot to qualify the first sentence:).
> >
> > Any user having a .xinitrc would not have the files in
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 03:48:05PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:59:03 +0100, Brian wrote:
[...]
> I forgot to qualify the first sentence:).
>
> Any user having a .xinitrc would not have the files in Xsession.d read
> when X is star
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:59:03 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 15:46:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:45:04PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:04:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +01
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 15:46:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:45:04PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:04:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This file is a non-Debian file
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:45:04PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:04:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > This file is a non-Debian file. It is not needed for the s
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:04:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> >
> > This file is a non-Debian file. It is not needed for the simple task at
> > hand. I doubt it would ever be needed.
>
> That's right: according to Debian Policy, files in
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 09:28:24 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > for xmodmap, there's this snippet in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80x11xmodmap:
>
> This file is a non-Debian file. It is not nee
On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 09:28:24 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Now different desktop environments have different ways to achieve that. I run
> a pretty classical setup (no desktop environment at all, Fvwm as window
> manager).
>
> In my case, the scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d are arranged to l
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:53:38PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
[...]
> So, after editing that file, I now have
[...]
> bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$
> "
See my other answer: this might work -- or not. It will do this setting
each time yo
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:07:38AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sat, August 15, 2015 11:29 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> >> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
> ...
> >> How do
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:41:02PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
[...]
> Hello.
>
> Unfortunately, like with many other message boxes/dialogue boxes,
> copying and pasting, is not possible.
>
> In the particular message box, is
>
> "
> Wrote output to
On 16/08/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 16/08/2015, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
>>> > Bret Busby writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> > That same right-cl
On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:07:38 -0500
rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sat, August 15, 2015 11:29 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> >> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
> ...
> >> How do I modify the login script? I do not know the file nam
On 16/08/2015, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> > Bret Busby writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> > That same right-click menu has an option to save the settings to
On Sat, August 15, 2015 11:29 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
...
>> How do I modify the login script? I do not know the file name or path,
>> for the login script.
I am asking the same question Bret i
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:04:17PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
> > Bret Busby writes:
[...]
> > That same right-click menu has an option to save the settings to a
> > .xmodmap file and shows how to include that fil
On 15/08/2015, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2015-08-15, Bret Busby wrote:
>>
>>
>
> It seems you've managed to disable all keys. :-)
>
Ah, only the ones that I wanted to disable, I hope ...
:)
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..
"So once you do know what the question actually
On 15/08/2015, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Bret Busby writes:
>
>> xkeycaps is run from the command line, and (when ran from a command
>> line in a terminal emulator) it displayed a graphical image of the
>> keyboard, and, when a mouseover was done of the keys that I wanted to
>> disable, a menu is dis
Bret Busby writes:
> xkeycaps is run from the command line, and (when ran from a command
> line in a terminal emulator) it displayed a graphical image of the
> keyboard, and, when a mouseover was done of the keys that I wanted to
> disable, a menu is displayed, with an option to disable the key.
On 2015-08-15, Bret Busby wrote:
>
>
It seems you've managed to disable all keys. :-)
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Liam
On 15/08/2015, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-08-14, Bret Busby wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
>> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
>>
>> How do I disable the key, and, how do I disable the left
>> hand key, and, how do I disa
On 2015-08-14, Brian wrote:
>>
>> That information is not obvious and using xmodmap is only one way to do
>> it. Most desktop environments have a keyboard section in their settings
>
> Which information isn't obvious? "How to disable certain keys" as the
> subject of this thread has it? Curt fou
On 15/08/2015, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 14:26:23 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
>
>> Brian writes:
>>
>> > On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> >
>> >> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
>> >> the keys apparently being inadvertentl
On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 14:26:23 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> >> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
> >> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
> >>
> >> How do I disabl
Hi,
rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> I am ready to resort to
> mechanically disabling the NUM LOCK key with epoxy cement.
Use this glue code instead:
xmodmap -e "keysym Num_Lock = "
I must say it has a certain appeal not to see the ugly light.
But before enabling this automatically, check whether
Of all the keys which need to be disabled, the foremost is NUM LOCK, which
is a curse if ever there was a curse. I am ready to resort to
mechanically disabling the NUM LOCK key with epoxy cement.
RLH
Brian writes:
> On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>
>> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
>> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
>>
>> How do I disable the key, and, how do I disable the left
>> hand key, and, how do I disa
On 2015-08-14, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
>
> How do I disable the key, and, how do I disable the left
> hand key, and, how do I disable the keys?
I'm reading you can u
Hi,
> Bret Busby wrote:
> > How do I disable the key, and, how do I disable the left
> > hand key, and, how do I disable the keys?
Brian wrote:
> xmodmap might have come up. In what way
> were the solutions involving this utility or other techniques you came
> across unsatisfactory?
This prob
On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to
> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed.
>
> How do I disable the key, and, how do I disable the left
> hand key, and, how do I disable the keys?
>
> Than
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