On Wed 15 Dec 2021 at 16:53:54 (+), Tim Woodall wrote:
> I run the following command to switch my caps-lock to escape:
> xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Escape'
>
> However, if I disconnect and reconnect my keyboard (I have a KVM switch
> box so this happens quite a lot) the setting
Vincent Lefevre writes:
> In the past, I wrote a script, put in the /etc/pm/sleep.d directory:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633849#92
>
> but there were some issues with it, as I mentioned there.
It's also not directly applicable when the issue isn't related to
pm-util
On 16/12/2021 01:53, Tim Woodall wrote:
I run the following command to switch my caps-lock to escape:
xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Escape'
However, if I disconnect and reconnect my keyboard (I have a KVM switch
box so this happens quite a lot) the setting is lost.
Before I start w
On 2021-12-15 16:53:54 +, Tim Woodall wrote:
> I run the following command to switch my caps-lock to escape:
> xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Escape'
>
> However, if I disconnect and reconnect my keyboard (I have a KVM switch
> box so this happens quite a lot) the setting is lost.
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 5:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, Petter Adsen wrote:
> > I've been playing with xmodmap to change the comma on the numpad
> > (Norwegian layout) to a period, as I mainly use the numpad for
> > entering IP addresses. Acco
On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 5:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, Petter Adsen wrote:
> I've been playing with xmodmap to change the comma on the numpad
> (Norwegian layout) to a period, as I mainly use the numpad for entering
> IP addresses. According to the man page, section "Expression Grammar",
> the first key
Wolfgang Karall karall-edv.at> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> trying to investigate this further, I set up a Cron job running every
> minute executing the following commands:
>
> DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodmap > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
> DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodmap -pke | grep -q F19 || echo xmodmap gone && \
> DISPLAY=:0
Hello,
trying to investigate this further, I set up a Cron job running every
minute executing the following commands:
DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodmap > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodmap -pke | grep -q F19 || echo xmodmap gone && \
DISPLAY=:0.0 xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
I.e. I check whether my mapping for F
On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 16:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
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> Hi, is it possible to use xmodmap or a similar utility, on a per
> application basis?
>
> Currently I have redefined my keybindings using xmodmap to get my
> Logitech remote contr
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On 04/29/2011 12:37 AM, Siard wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>> Can xmodmap detect the application is being run and act accordingly?
>
> I could only think of writing a script like this:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 60 = F' & /usr/bin/; xmodmap -e
On Jo, 28 apr 11, 23:37:00, Siard wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
> > Can xmodmap detect the application is being run and act accordingly?
>
> I could only think of writing a script like this:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 60 = F' & /usr/bin/; xmodmap -e 'keycode 60
> = period'
>
> While the ap
Camaleón wrote:
> Can xmodmap detect the application is being run and act accordingly?
I could only think of writing a script like this:
#! /bin/sh
xmodmap -e 'keycode 60 = F' & /usr/bin/; xmodmap -e 'keycode 60 =
period'
While the application is running, the '.' key produces an F;
after quitti
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On 04/28/2011 09:24 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> Can xmodmap detect the application is being run and act accordingly? I
> don't see how it could "filter" or "differentiate" the key remapping in
> real time based on the app :-?
No, I too don't think it's po
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:45:31 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> Hi, is it possible to use xmodmap or a similar utility, on a per
> application basis?
>
> Currently I have redefined my keybindings using xmodmap to get my
> Logitech remote control working with MPlayer, but this breaks a lot of
>
Hello,
On 04/28/2011 02:06 AM, Steve Kleene wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:20:46 +0200, Wolfgang Karall wrote:
>
>> after upgrading ... I lost my F19/F20 mapping done via xmodmap
>
> About a week ago my ~/.Xmodmap, which turns off Caps Lock, started being
> ignored. It is not even accessed (as
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:20:46 +0200, Wolfgang Karall wrote:
> after upgrading ... I lost my F19/F20 mapping done via xmodmap
About a week ago my ~/.Xmodmap, which turns off Caps Lock, started being
ignored. It is not even accessed (as judged by ls -lu) when I start X.
According to the report for
On 16 Jul 2009, Edward Jabbour wrote:
>As on many laps, this machine has keys for mute, up and down. I have
>the proper keycodes in ~/.Xmodmap, but I can't get them to work at all.
> I
>ran the verbose option and got:
>[Thu Jul 16] edj:~$ xmodmap -verbose .Xmodmap
>! .Xmodm
On Tue,28.Apr.09, 18:04:46, marc wrote:
>
> Nah, might get overwritten with an update down the line.
The relevant package is xkb-data and it's not updated too often, there
were 5 uploads for 2008 (according to Debian.changelog).
I keep my changes as a patch in root's home and just 'patch < my.d
Florian Kulzer said:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:42:13 +, marc wrote:
>> Florian Kulzer said:
>
> [...]
>
>> > Once you are done editing the file you can compile the new keymap and
>> > update the layout of the X server (both steps with one command):
>> >
>> > $ xkbcomp layout.xkb $DISPLAY
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 06:01:14 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
[...]
>> I do not know how to override these restricted type definitions with
>> xmodmap, but it is not difficult to tweak the layout with xkbcomp:
>>
>> $ xkbcomp $DISPLAY layout.xkb
>>
>
> With the Upgraded x
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:42:13 +, marc wrote:
> Florian Kulzer said:
[...]
> > Once you are done editing the file you can compile the new keymap and
> > update the layout of the X server (both steps with one command):
> >
> > $ xkbcomp layout.xkb $DISPLAY
> >
> > The changes should be eff
Florian Kulzer said:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:07:03 +, marc wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
>>
>> keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
>> keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
>> keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
>> keycode 30 = u U u U uacute Uacute
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:07:03 +, marc wrote:
I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
keycode 30 = u U u U uacute Uacute
keycode 57 = n N
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:07:03 +, marc wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
>
> keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
> keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
> keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
> keycode 30 = u U u U uacute Uacute
> keycode 57 = n N n N ntil
Klistvud said:
> It might be that those keystrokes (AltGR) are "dead" in your currently
> configured keyboard. I'm
> fairly new to Linux so I'm not able to help you here; all I know is
> keyboards get configured via HAL now and the HAL database is not as
> complete as we would all wish it to be. I
It might be that those keystrokes (AltGR) are "dead" in your currently
configured keyboard. I'm
fairly new to Linux so I'm not able to help you here; all I know is
keyboards get configured via HAL now and the HAL database is not as
complete as we would all wish it to be. I suspect some keyboard
Klistvud said:
> Dne, 27. 04. 2009 12:07:03 je marc napisal(a):
>>
>> I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
>>
>> keycode 38 = a A a A aacute Aacute
>> keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
>> keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
>> keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
>> keyco
Dne, 27. 04. 2009 12:07:03 je marc napisal(a):
>
> I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
>
> keycode 38 = a A a A aacute Aacute
> keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
> keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
> keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
> keycode 30 = u U u U uacute Ua
On Sun,08.Mar.09, 20:31:32, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> >> How can I use .Xmodmap with gdm to change my XKeyboard?
> >
> > Doesn't this get overriden by the gnome keyboard applet running an
> > explicit setxkbmap?
>
> So, it's impossyble to one use it's own Xmodmap in GNOME?
If you run 'xmodmap ~/.Xmod
On Sunday 08 March 2009 20:37:09 Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:49:55 -0400
>
> Frank wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 17:30 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> > > Below is my ~/.Xmodmap. It's an attempt to make the key
> > > assignments permanent rather than running xmodmap each login.
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:49:55 -0400
Frank wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 17:30 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> > Below is my ~/.Xmodmap. It's an attempt to make the key
> > assignments permanent rather than running xmodmap each login.
> > It's not working. Syntax wrong?
> >
> > keycode 162 = XF86Aud
On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 17:30 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> Below is my ~/.Xmodmap. It's an attempt to make the key assignments
> permanent
> rather than running xmodmap each login. It's not working. Syntax wrong?
>
> keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
> keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
> keycode 144 = XF86A
Tzafrir Cohen writes:
> On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 09:44:16AM +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use GNOME and gdm.
>>
>> I try to use ~/.Xmodmap to load my settings for the XKeyboard.
>>
>> In the file:
>> /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
>>
>> I have this line:
>>
>> /usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xm
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 09:44:16AM +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use GNOME and gdm.
>
> I try to use ~/.Xmodmap to load my settings for the XKeyboard.
>
> In the file:
> /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
>
> I have this line:
>
> /usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
>
> but this has no effect.
>
The xmodmap problem has, as promised by the maintainer, gone away with
the latest upgrade of xserver-xorg.
Anthony
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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
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 ha
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 ha
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
On 09/27/2007 08:36 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote:
Sorry; I didn't make myself clear. It is of course in X that I want
xmodmap to work. However, the error messages appear in the console
BEFORE I start X with startx. They say " "XMODMAP: unbound variable"
(repeated twice). With slightly different s
On 27 Sep 2007, s. keeling wrote:
> 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
> > > > > con
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 ha
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
On 09/26/2007 08:08 PM, s. keeling wrote:
[ method of invoking xmodmap snipped ]
in my ~/.xinitrc (I'm a southpaw, btw).
Thanks.
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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
On 25 Sep 2007, Mumia W.. wrote:
> 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
>>
Anthony Campbell wrote>:
> 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 being run.
[]
> Has no one else seen this behaviour?
I saw this behaviour when I stopped using gdm, and went to
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
being run.
I tried putting the full path to
Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ wrote:
2005/12/8, Renee Klawitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
The file is actually ~/.xsession . You'll need to make sure it's
executable too. How do you start X? If you're going through gdm or
something like that, choose 'default X session' from the session
2005/12/8, Renee Klawitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > The file is actually ~/.xsession . You'll need to make sure it's
> > executable too. How do you start X? If you're going through gdm or
> > something like that, choose 'default X session' from the sessions
> > menu. You have to run xrdb ~/
>
> The file is actually ~/.xsession . You'll need to make sure it's
> executable too. How do you start X? If you're going through gdm or
> something like that, choose 'default X session' from the sessions
> menu. You have to run xrdb ~/.Xresources, so just add it to your
> .xsession
>
Oka
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 08:34:19PM +0200, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> On 3 May 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Perhaps your /etc/X11/Xsession file doesn't include your .xsession
> > file at X startup. I've had a problem with this before, and I had to
> > edit that file.
>
> Thanks but it
2004. május 3. 20:34 dátummal Uwe Brauer ezt írta:
> hi
>
> Thanks but it seems that the Xsession file include the relevant
> .xession file
>
> Even in contains
>
> USRMODMAP=$HOME/.Xmodmap
>
> STARTUP=$HOME/.xsession
> ALTSTARTUP=$HOME/.Xsession
>
This doesn't mean that it includes the files, it i
On 3 May 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Perhaps your /etc/X11/Xsession file doesn't include your .xsession
> file at X startup. I've had a problem with this before, and I had to
> edit that file.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Daniel
hi
Thanks but it seems that the Xsession file include the rele
2004. május 3. 17:10 dátummal Uwe Brauer ezt írta:
> Hello
>
> I changed from suse to Debian, via Knoppix. To my surprise
> putting
> xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
> in the .xinitrc or .xsession file
> had no effect that is I have to execute this command every time I log
> in.
>
> Is there any solution?
>
>
>
Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am confused. I had always thought that ~/.Xmodmap if present would be
> passed to xmodmap when the X server starts. I've got a .Xmodmap file
> (to swap the Windoze and Alt keys, so that windows == Alt as and alt ==
> Meta as far as X is concer
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:48:52PM -0400, John S. J. Anderson wrote:
> Question: have you tried to get any other program to recognize this
> keysym, or just xterm?
I have tried a few things, but the only one that gave me any response at
all was xterm, and that was the 9~. As I've stated earlier,
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 15:37:49 -0700, Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Mike> Is there an easy way to check for Mod3 and Mod4 events?
If you do 'xmodmap -pm', you'll get a listing of all the modifiers
(Mod1-5,Lock,Control, etc.) and the keysyms each is currently bound
to. That may at lea
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:29:36PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> Sure it does ... write out a _complete_ map before you make changes,
> copy it to a safe place, make changes, save them, and use diff to see
> what changed. Worked for me ... I now have no caps lock key, three
> ctrl keys, and a co
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John S. J. Anderson) writes:
>> On 30 May 2001 22:08:33 -0400, "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
Paul> Second, my point is, with so many truly _useful_ and
Paul> _interesting_ things to learn, why waste brain cells on
Paul> something as basically useless
> On 30 May 2001 22:08:33 -0400, "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Paul> Second, my point is, with so many truly _useful_ and
Paul> _interesting_ things to learn, why waste brain cells on
Paul> something as basically useless and uninteresting (and baroque)
Paul> as modmap syntax?
Pers
> On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:53:22 -0700, Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Mike> To answer your question, I used xev to grab the information on
Mike> the dreaded "menu" key. It reported (among other things):
Mike> keycode 117 (keysym 0xff67, Menu)
Mike> when the "menu" key was pressed wit
%% Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mp> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:01:13PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
>> I'll repeat my previous advice: use xkeycaps.
>>
>> Life is too short to futz with modmap.
mp> Yes, well; using xkeycaps doesn't teach me anything, does it?
First, as some
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 01:29:57PM -0700, Mike Pfleger wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:01:13PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> > I'll repeat my previous advice: use xkeycaps.
> >
> > Life is too short to futz with modmap.
>
> Yes, well; using xkeycaps doesn't teach me anything, does it?
Sure i
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:01:13PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> I'll repeat my previous advice: use xkeycaps.
>
> Life is too short to futz with modmap.
Yes, well; using xkeycaps doesn't teach me anything, does it?
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I'll repeat my previous advice: use xkeycaps.
Life is too short to futz with modmap.
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:50:44AM -0400, John S. J. Anderson wrote:
> Have you tried using a real keysym for the menu key? I don't think
> 'Menu' is a real keysym -- try 'Multi-key' or 'Super_R' or 'Hyper_R',
> and then bind ModN (where N=(1..5)) to that keysym.
>
> My Dvorak xmodmap file is at
> On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:25:37 -0700, Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Mike> What am I doing wrong?
Have you tried using a real keysym for the menu key? I don't think
'Menu' is a real keysym -- try 'Multi-key' or 'Super_R' or 'Hyper_R',
and then bind ModN (where N=(1..5)) to that keysym
%% Mike Pfleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mp> What keyboard are you using? I have a PC-104 kbd, and I have been
mp> trying to bind the windoze and menu keys to be Mod3 and Mod4
mp> modifiers, respectively.
mp> What am I doing wrong?
You're trying to use xmodmap directly instead of usi
Hello.
Sorry to intrude, but I have a question that's somewhat related to
this thread. You just mentioned your .Xmodmap file that you've been
using for X. What keyboard are you using? I have a PC-104 kbd, and
I have been trying to bind the windoze and menu keys to be Mod3 and
Mod4 modifiers, re
On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 12:12:28PM +0100, K.Y.Lo wrote:
> I am novice linux. Backspace key doesnt working in X-windows proper
This is an issue that is being addressed in Debian 2.0, which is currrently
in beta test. If you are not using that version, you might want to upgrade
to it. If you are usi
Try "ln -s .xinitrc .xsession" and make sure that /etc/X11/config
contains the line "allow-user-xsession".
hunnia wrote:
>
> I installed an .Xmodmap in my home (user) directory. It suppose
> to switch between hungarian and us keyboard by the use of the scroll
> lock key.
>
> Called the file up a
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