--- Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Sa, den 16.04.2005 schrieb VB um 19:33: > > > I'm trying to map Caps Lock to Esc on X startup > but > > everyhwere I've placed the commmand "xmodmap <path > to > > my home dir>/.Xmodmap" has not taken effect once > I've > > logged into an X session. I know the .Xmodmap > file is > > correct since manually running "xmodmap <path to > my > > home dir>/.Xmodmap" once I'm in X works. I have > > disabled Xkeyboard since the two apparently do not > > work well together. > > I think ~/.Xmodmap is only read when using xdm. > > > How can I remap keys using xmodmap or xkeyboard > > extension??? Nothing seems to work. > > Not the first time I post this. I am using following > to remap my mouse > buttons: > > $ cat /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xmouse.sh > > #!/bin/sh > # /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xmouse.sh > # Required for the configuration of a 5-button mouse > /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG > http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel > 2.6.11-1.14_FC2smp > Serendipity 19:52:10 up 4 days, 16:32, load average: > 0.43, 0.24, 0.13 > > -- Right, it isn't the first time you posted. I tried putting a file in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d but how do I tell the system to run my new script that I placed in there? It doesn't run just by putting a file in that directory. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide