keymapping not getting configured at startup

asked 2015-03-29 19:19:23 +0000

drpyser gravatar image

updated 2015-03-31 22:21:28 +0000

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?

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Is 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/)

Adaephon gravatar imageAdaephon ( 2015-03-31 19:35:49 +0000 )edit

Yep, 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?

drpyser gravatar imagedrpyser ( 2015-03-31 22:18:44 +0000 )edit

Yes, 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.

Adaephon gravatar imageAdaephon ( 2015-04-02 00:01:54 +0000 )edit
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