i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:11:02 +0000i3/conf not configuring keymaps in ubuntu 14.04.https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5274/i3conf-not-configuring-keymaps-in-ubuntu-1404/I remapped a couple of keys in my setup, specifically, remove Mod1 = Alt_R add Mod3 = Alt_R in a file called `.Xmodmap`. When I run `xmodmap .Xmodmap` from the terminal, the keys get remapped just fine. But when I added `exec xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap` to `.i3/config` and exited the session and logged in again, the keys weren't remapped. I had to remap them manually? My question is, why did the line I added to the conf file not work?Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:18:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5274/i3conf-not-configuring-keymaps-in-ubuntu-1404/Answer by Jeff Bauer for <p>I remapped a couple of keys in my setup, specifically,</p> <pre><code>remove Mod1 = Alt_R add Mod3 = Alt_R </code></pre> <p>in a file called <code>.Xmodmap</code>. When I run <code>xmodmap .Xmodmap</code> from the terminal, the keys get remapped just fine. But when I added <code>exec xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap</code> to <code>.i3/config</code> and exited the session and logged in again, the keys weren't remapped. I had to remap them manually? My question is, why did the line I added to the conf file not work?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5274/i3conf-not-configuring-keymaps-in-ubuntu-1404/?answer=5279#post-id-5279I'm running `xmodmap` successfully under Ubuntu 14.04 with the following in my i3 configuration file: `exec --no-startup-id xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap` Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:11:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5274/i3conf-not-configuring-keymaps-in-ubuntu-1404/?answer=5279#post-id-5279