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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:01:54 +0000keymapping not getting configured at startuphttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/Hi. I am running Ubuntu 14.04. I am using Caps Lock as the mod key, so I put the following line in my .i3/config file: #maps caps lock to Mod4 exec --no-startup-id xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap The file .Xmodmap file referenced here contains the following lines: clear Lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L add Mod4 = Hyper_L I can manually set the mapping by executing 'xmodmap .Xmodmap' on the command line each time I start an i3 session. However, it is never configured automatically. Is there a solution to this problem? **edit**: if I can't use both setxkbmap and xmodmap at the same time, how can I set my keyboard to a particular layout, and have the Caps lock mapped to Mod4? Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:19:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/Comment by drpyser for Hi. I am running Ubuntu 14.04. I am using Caps Lock as the mod key, so I put the following line in my .i3/config file: <pre><code> #maps caps lock to Mod4 exec --no-startup-id xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap </code></pre> The file .Xmodmap file referenced here contains the following lines: <pre><code>clear Lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L add Mod4 = Hyper_L </code></pre> I can manually set the mapping by executing 'xmodmap .Xmodmap' on the command line each time I start an i3 session. However, it is never configured automatically. Is there a solution to this problem? edit: if I can't use both setxkbmap and xmodmap at the same time, how can I set my keyboard to a particular layout, and have the Caps lock mapped to Mod4? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5717#comment-5717Yep, thanks. However, is it possible for me to both set my keyboard to a particular layout (such as with setxkbmap), and modify the mapping of a particular key? Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:18:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5717#comment-5717Comment by Adaephon for Hi. I am running Ubuntu 14.04. I am using Caps Lock as the mod key, so I put the following line in my .i3/config file: <pre><code> #maps caps lock to Mod4 exec --no-startup-id xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap </code></pre> The file .Xmodmap file referenced here contains the following lines: <pre><code>clear Lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L add Mod4 = Hyper_L </code></pre> I can manually set the mapping by executing 'xmodmap .Xmodmap' on the command line each time I start an i3 session. However, it is never configured automatically. Is there a solution to this problem? edit: if I can't use both setxkbmap and xmodmap at the same time, how can I set my keyboard to a particular layout, and have the Caps lock mapped to Mod4? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5714#comment-5714Is it possible, that there is some other program started that makes keyboard settings? `setxkbmap`, `gnome-settings-daemon`, etc.? Like in [this question](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5606/using-setxkbmap-to-disabple-capslock/)Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:35:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5714#comment-5714Comment by Adaephon for Hi. I am running Ubuntu 14.04. I am using Caps Lock as the mod key, so I put the following line in my .i3/config file: <pre><code> #maps caps lock to Mod4 exec --no-startup-id xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap </code></pre> The file .Xmodmap file referenced here contains the following lines: <pre><code>clear Lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L add Mod4 = Hyper_L </code></pre> I can manually set the mapping by executing 'xmodmap .Xmodmap' on the command line each time I start an i3 session. However, it is never configured automatically. Is there a solution to this problem? edit: if I can't use both setxkbmap and xmodmap at the same time, how can I set my keyboard to a particular layout, and have the Caps lock mapped to Mod4? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5720#comment-5720Yes, it is possible. You just have to make sure to run `setxkbmap` before `xmodmap`. For that I would suggest putting everything into a script and than just run this single script from the i3 config. Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:01:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5680/keymapping-not-getting-configured-at-startup/?comment=5720#comment-5720