Debian :: 8.1 - Xmodmap Script On Startup

Oct 22, 2015

I recently installed Debian 8.1 on an old (2008 maybe?) macbook. I would like to use the right hand side apple/command key as a right click. I've been using xmodmap commands in the terminal, but I'd like to write a shell script to do it automatically on boot or on login.

I've tried init.d, I've tried crontab, I've tried rc.local.

The xmodmap commands I am calling are Code: Select allxmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Pointer_Button3" and then Code: Select allxkbset m

my shell script is as follows
/usr/keymap
Code: Select all#!/bin/bash
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Pointer_Button3"
xkbset m

I've modified keymap to be executable, just typing /usr/keymap into the terminal will map the keys correctly. I've tried with and without the .sh suffix. I've tried adding sh before the file path in crontab. I've also tried adding sleep 20 inside the shell script as well as inside crontab joining the two commands with &&

View 4 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

Ubuntu :: Xmodmap Script Does Not Work As A Startup App / Solution For It?

Aug 19, 2010

In previous versions of ubuntu I used to reshuffle the ALT, SHIFT, and TAB keys using xmodmap.

Specifically, I had a file called ~/.xmodmap-mejia which reshuffled the keyboard, and I called that file from the startup applications (I had added it to system>preferences>Startup Applications).

However, in Ubuntu 10.4 it does not work. If I call the script after the computer has loaded, it works perfectly, but it does not have any effect as a startup application. It is as though changes effected by the script that calls ~/.xmodmap-mejia gets overwritten later on by the default keyboard binding.

As things stand right now, I have to run the script manually every time I turn on my laptop. Which, of course, is very annoying.

Any ideas of how to fix this?

View 5 Replies View Related

Debian Multimedia :: Xmodmap Periodically Resets

Jan 3, 2016

I have a custom .Xmodmap file to change the keyboard layout. The problem is that sometimes the keyboard layout changes back to the default. I have seen the lights on the keyboard blink at times, so I tried unplugging and reconnecting the keyboard and yes - that reset the layout. I can see keyboard removed/detected entries in the logs as well, so I guess my keyboard reconnects sometimes, I don't know why. However the solution from the post earlier (to rename the xmodmap file to ~/.Xmodmap) did not work. So is there another default filename I should use? Or do I have to enable xmodmap to run when a keyboard is plugged in somehow?

The only thing I can think of right now is to monitor /var/log/Xorg.0.log for "Adding input device USB Keyboard" and running xmodmap when that happens... but I'm really hoping for a better solution.If I can't fix the xmodmap problem, maybe I can fix the usb disconnects.I read something about power saving settings for usb. After some digging, I found that those settings are in /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/. However, disabling autosuspend for the hub did not seem to work (it was already disabled for the keyboard).

But I found something else in kern.log. Perhaps the keyboard disconnects has something to do with static electricity?

Code: Select all[ 7078.175830] usb 1-10-port3: disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
[ 7078.175888] usb 1-10.3: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 7078.624349] usb 1-10.3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[ 7078.729012] usb 1-10.3: New USB device found, idVendor=04d9, idProduct=0125
[ 7078.729014] usb 1-10.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 7078.729016] usb 1-10.3: Product: USB Keyboard

View 0 Replies View Related

OpenSUSE :: Setxkbmap And Xmodmap Always Conflicting

Jan 26, 2010

To reeanable CTRL-ALT-BKSP (since 11.2), you use:

setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

It works. However if you map keys with xmodmap, it's gone. In whatever order you use them, setxkbmap and xmodmap are always conflicting. Running xmodmap immediately disables CTRL-ALT-BKSP, while running setxbbmap reverses key mappings to their default.

View 3 Replies View Related

General :: Remapping Characters In Xmodmap?

Jun 9, 2010

I am using a Swedish keyboard, and I want to be able to type braces easier.

I planned to map AltGr + to '}' and AltGr + to '{'. However, nothing really changes. I have some other stuff in my .Xmodmap so I know that it gets loaded allright. Here's what I have so far:

keycode 35 = slash asciitilde dead_ogonek section dead_ogonek section
keycode 49 = asciicircum onehalf
keycode 66 = F10
clear Lock

[Code]....

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: How To Map Ctrl-p To Up Arrow Using Xmodmap

Feb 20, 2011

I did read the grammar section of xmodmap but still couldn't figure out how I could do it.

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Swapping Keys Using Xmodmap?

Jun 6, 2010

I am using an Apple Keyboard (DK-layout) on my PC running Ubuntu 10.4. The problem: My key used to type <, > and is swapped with the key used to type and If I connect a standard PC-keyboard with DK-layout using USB, it works just fine. The problem exists both in the console and X. I solved the problem in the console by installing the console-keymaps package, made a copy of dk-latin1.kmap.gz and swapping keycode 86 with keycode 41 and loading the new keymap with the loadkeys command. I only need to figure out how to load the new keymap at boot time.

However, in X, I want to do exactly the same. I suppose I have to use Xmodmap. I simply can't figure out how to do it.

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Xmodmap In Xinitrc Not Sticking

Sep 8, 2010

So I run "xmodmap" in my xinitrc to make caps lock a second control button, but for some reason its not sticking. I'm not using a desktop environment, just running xmonad.If I run "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap" once X is started, it works fine, but it won't run in my xinitrc.

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Xmodmap Config File?

Jun 24, 2011

I'm trying to learn swedish, and I want to remap some of my key to be able to write the special chars. xmodmap -pke" gives me the current config, and most of lines are like that (6 keysyms) :

Code:
keycode 24 = a A a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
But I actually can't access 2 of them, the #3 and #4.

[code]....

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Enable Modifiers Via Xmodmap

Jan 2, 2010

I recently got a Logitech G11-keyboard for my Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit box. My question is xmodmap related and not restricted to this particular keyboard, nor to the distro I am using. The keyboard has a.o. 18 G-keys. These have been successfully defined in /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB as per [URL] and I have a ~/.Xmodmap file that matches keycodes to the names in XKeysymDB.

My .Xmodmap definitions are rather simple, e.g. 'keycode 175 = G1'. So I do not define any value for modifier combinations, nor do I know how to do this.

And here's my real question. How should I define these keys so that the Crl-, Alt-, Meta-, Super- etc modifiers work with these keys?

With the current setup, the modifier versions of these keys do only work for the second keypress, e.g. the first Ctrl-G17 is perceived as a G17 keypress, and the second and remaining Ctrl-G17 presses are correctly received as a Ctrl-G17.

I would be happy to read an explanation of this behaviour, and even more so, about how to properly define them so that the base key as well as the modifier versions would be available.

If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will.

[URL] and go2 places!

View 10 Replies View Related

General :: How To Swap Alt And Windows Keys With Xmodmap

May 2, 2011

I have a Mac keyboard where the Alt/Win (i.e. Option/Command) keys are inverted compared to a regular PC keyboard, and I'd like to swap them. I haven't had any luck with xmodmap so far. The standard configuration is as follows:

shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69)

[code]....

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Disable Caps Lock With Xmodmap In Natty?

Apr 29, 2011

I just upgraded machine to natty, after which the xmodmap configuration remapping capslock stopped working (as in not doing anything at all). Running xmodmap manually (-e "clear Lock") doesn't have any visible effect either. I haven't tried doing this on another machine (I'm only close to one machine running ubuntu and reinstalling seems rather overkill), but the same config worked before the upgrade, and is working on another machine running arch.

Is anyone else having these issues and, if so, has anybody found a solution? The line of interest is, simply, "clear Lock".

View 9 Replies View Related

Software :: Make A Key Print A Different Character While A Certain Other Key Is Pressed Using Xmodmap?

Mar 10, 2010

Is it possible to make a key print a different character while a certain other key is pressed using xmodmap?

View 14 Replies View Related

Slackware :: Remapping Keyboard - Xmodmap Doesn't Work

Jun 16, 2011

I have slackware 13.37-64 bit with xfce. I have a "microsoft wired keyboard 600" keyboard and want to remap it to use the right win key as ctrl. With xev i see that the keycode for the specific win key is 134.

Then i run:

Code:

But nothing changes. Even if i manually configure the .Xmodmap file in my /home i see no change at all.

View 3 Replies View Related

Fedora :: F10, F11- Remap Keys ( Disable Caps Lock And So On With Xmodmap )?

Jun 20, 2009

In Fedora 10 they decided to change to "evdev", so if you used xmodmap in F9, these mapping have changed in F10 and F11 for that matter. In order to find the new key values start

Code:

xev and press a button you would like to know the keycode for. Write this value down. When done, make a file ".xmodmap" and put in the values. "man xmodmap" explains the format. Not easy to understand! So here is how mine looks like.

Code:
clear Lock
keycode 112 = Caps_Lock
keycode 118 = Delete
keycode 119 = Home

[Code]...

This layout is MUCH more logical than the original. Now Delete is the key just to the right of the Backspace key. Back spaces deletes to the left, and Delete deletes to the right, so these keys shoudl of course be next to each other Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End now have the same structure as the arrow keys below. This layout makes it much easier to navigate without looking at the keys, because now the layout makes sense And why shouldn't 0 be to the left of 1? of course it should. 0 is lower than 1.

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Xmodmap Script Note: This Disables Iso_level3_shift/mode_switch, Maybe Fix Later Clear Control?

Aug 14, 2010

I'm using this xmodmap script to move the modifiers the way I like them.

Code:
!note: This disables iso_level3_shift/mode_switch, maybe fix later
clear control

[code]....

View 1 Replies View Related

Debian Multimedia :: 'Startup Disk Creator' For Debian Squeeze?

Jun 14, 2011

Found this 'Startup Disk Creator' in Ubuntu,it is useful,how we get it install in Debian Squeeze? There's a Unetbootin for Debian,but it pull in lots of qt stuff,I don't like it.

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Map "Ctrl+1" To Another Key Via Xmodmap?

Jun 23, 2010

What about "Ctrl+Shift+1"?

View 1 Replies View Related

Debian :: Delete A File On Every Startup?

May 20, 2010

I would like to delete some files stored in the personal directory, say .adobe, .macromedia, .xsession-errors, on every start-up or shutting down. I can do it with cron but I would like to learn different (simpler) options. The thing is, I haven't been able to input the proper terms in a search engine. Note that these files must exist in their default location during the session. This is, I don't want to make them links to /dev/null or move them to /tmp.

View 8 Replies View Related

Debian :: Bashrc Execution On Startup

Aug 11, 2015

I'm not sure if this is a Debian-specific question or a KDE question.

FYI:
uname -a
Linux DESKTOP 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3 (2015-08-04) i686 GNU/Linux

(Running KDE).

Question:
Upon logging in (typically, for the first time each day) I would like to see a console window/shell or a simple terminal-emulator/shell automatically open up.

The reason is: In order to get my .bashrc to execute I have to log-in, then bring up an xterm or some other terminal-emulator.

Background: My .bashrc has a once-per-day routine/section that will set up my desktop to look the way I want it on my initial log-in (primarily with my Java applications up/running and displayed and waiting for me).

Then, later on that day whenever I bring up new bash shells, my .bashrc is executed but that once-per-day routine/section is no longer executed.

View 5 Replies View Related

Debian :: Kdenlive Crash On Startup

Feb 7, 2016

I have jessie and i have installed kdenlive 0.9.10-2, and it crashes at startup. I try to get a debug trace:

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/kdenlive
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
__strcmp_sse2_unaligned () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-sse2-unaligned.S:29
29../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcmp-sse2-unaligned.S: No existe el fichero o el directorio.
(gdb) bt
[CODE]

View 2 Replies View Related

Debian :: Service At Boot / Startup

Mar 1, 2016

I wanna know why the services ssh & mpd don't run at system boot / startup ?

I am under Debian Jessie 8 Stable , my uniques repos are : main contrib non-free

I don't use extra repositories.

i try installing , and rebooting , and dont work , after I try

First i stop and disable it :
Code: Select allsudo systemctl stop ssh.service ; sudo systemctl disable ssh.service ;
sudo systemctl stop sshd.socket ; sudo systemctl disable sshd.stop

# This dont make anything :
Code: Select allsudo systemctl stop mpd.service ; sudo systemctl stop mpd.service

[Code] ....

View 4 Replies View Related

Debian :: Startup Script As Root?

Sep 5, 2010

I need to run a few simple commands at the startup of my computer. (need to run as root if possible without needing to enter login's infos)

Basicly, the commands are about the same line, so i'll just post one: screen -S Name1 -L -d -m php -f /root/mainloop.php config.php

View 3 Replies View Related

Debian Configuration :: Run Bridge At Startup

Apr 25, 2016

I have got a debian (v3.16.7-ckt25-2) for server (without X). There is a br0 bridge connected to eth0 network device. It works fine when I start it manually by

Code: Select all# ifup br0 but I cannot start automatically at startup.

there was a missing line in /etc/network/interfaces:Code: Select allauto br0

View 1 Replies View Related

Debian Multimedia :: KDE Crashes On Startup

Mar 28, 2016

I am new to debian. I run debian on a laptop with nvidia geforce chip 740 m (optimus), it has been working great until today when i turned it on , the start screen did not show up and it went straight to terminal mode. Starting the kdm service manually does not do anything.

View 6 Replies View Related

Debian :: Get GUI From Startup Login With Lenny?

Apr 14, 2010

I tried running a racing game I downloaded yeterday and the screen just went black and started flashing on and off occasionally for a minute. I rebooted the system and after an error free boot it asked for my login. My problem is that I login fine but only get a terminal prompt and no regular GUI screen...

View 2 Replies View Related

Debian :: Add 'sudo-ed' Command On Startup?

Sep 21, 2010

what is the easiest way to add single command to startup? (has to be run as root)

View 1 Replies View Related

Debian :: Cannot Connect To Internet On Startup

Jan 11, 2011

I'm setting up my first home server. I'm running Debian Squeeze and I can't get my machine to connect to the internet on boot.The only way I've been able to is by logging in and running the following commands in exactly this order:

Code:

sudo dhclient
sudo ifdown wlan1
sudo ifup wlan1

My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan1

[code]...

I should clarify that by not able to connect I mean that I see the DHCP discover attempts but it fails after a few attempts and says "no DHCPOFFERS recieved" So I tried putting the above commands into a script and invoking that script in /etc/init.d/rc.local and I can see that it runs but I have the same problem. I need to be able to reboot my machine as I'll be administering it remotely.

View 8 Replies View Related

Debian :: How To Turn Off Services That Run At Startup?

Dec 30, 2009

so, where is the file determinaing what services start?I need to turn off freshclam, clamav-milter, and rsync...how do I do that from console or can I just edit a .conf somewhere?

View 7 Replies View Related

Debian :: Send Mail On Startup?

Jan 3, 2011

I am trying to send a log file mail on startup of debian system but nometter what I do it does not work.
I tried to create an init.d script or adding to rc.local but none works. Odd thing is only the email part is non-functional the rest of the script works as it should so there is no problem. I also give the full path to the command but no results.

cat /var/log/god_of_the_logs.log | mail -s "blah blah" xxx@xxx.com"

I can send emails by running the same command as a user or root but as a startup script it just does not work.

View 2 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved