On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a Dell Mini 9 running Ubuntu 10.04 (xorg-server
> 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7). I don't use the AltGr key *ever*, and am really
> missing having a right Control key.
>
> Can I remap AltGr to be a control key? So far I've failed utterly with
> xmodmap and xkeycaps. Failed xmodmap command:
>
>  xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_R = Control_L"
>
> xkeycaps says that it thinks it's a Control but doesn't have a modifier.
>
> Can this actually be done?
>
>
> - d.
>
>
Did you tried with the keycode instead of Alt_R ?
Usually I  use "xev" to get the keycode generated by the key and I map it
with xmodmap -e.



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Philippe-Alexandre Lemelin
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