On 10:01 Sun 12 Jun , Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 06/11/11 06:13 PM, Aaron Lewis wrote: > > Hi > > I put "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in > > ~/.xinitrc and do startx each time i start my machine , > > However , when USB keyboard plugged in , keyboard options won't be set > > on it , i had to run that command again. > > > > Any solutions ? Many thanks for any of your responses. > > > > GNOME has keyboard prefences you can set in your GNOME-session that suffice > for many users (won't be in effect when not running gnome, or before login > to your gnome-session) - see the "Options" button in the "Layout" menu. > > For non-gnome users (*), I include the following file in the Xorg 1.10 > packages > I build as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.avail/90-zap.conf - it should work with Xorg 1.8 > & later: > > # This configuration snippet enables the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace server kill key > # > # To use it, link or copy into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ > # > # Note that only the last XkbOptions setting seen for a device will be used, > # so to use multiple options, copy this file and add options into the Option > # string, such as "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,ctrl:swapcaps" > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "keyboard zap by default" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > > Option "XKbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > EndSection > > > (*) Okay, mainly for me when I'm doing debugging using throw-away test > accounts > or xinit without gnome, and including it in the packages is easier than > remembering to copy it every time I install a test system. But I know a few > other people use it too, so it's not purely my laziness.
Great , thanks , resolved this problem for me on Gentoo & OpenBox with Xorg 1.9.5 installed -- Best Regards, Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0xDFE6C29E ( http://http://pgp.mit.edu/ ) Finger Print: 9482 448F C7C3 896C 1DFE 7DD3 2492 A7D0 DFE6 C29E _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
