I was able to get it to remap these keys on boot, both in X and in the
console. In case anyone else is interested, this is what I did (I'll
indent commands and file contents for readability):
First, to remap the control key to the Windows key in X every time the X
server is started, I added a new script to the /etc/X11/Xsession.d
directory (I called it "60x11-custom-keys") containing the following:
# Set Windows key (Super_L) to be CTRL (Control)
xmodmap -e "remove Control = Control_L"
xmodmap -e "remove Control = Control_R"
xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "add Control = Super_L"
Second, I modified the default console keymap file
/etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz (I backed up the original, of course).
I uncompressed the file and edited it:
gunzip /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
vi /etc/console/boottime.kmap
Then I changed the following lines:
keycode 29 = Control
keycode 97 = Control
keycode 125 =
keycode 126 =
To:
keycode 29 = Help
altgr control keycode 29 = VoidSymbol
shift alt keycode 29 = VoidSymbol
keycode 97 = Help
altgr control keycode 97 = VoidSymbol
shift alt keycode 97 = VoidSymbol
keycode 125 = Control
keycode 126 = Control
I then gzipped the file again and reloaded it:
gzip /etc/console/boottime.kmap
loadkeys /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
And now my Windows key in my CTRL key all the time.
- Dave
This is a quick addendum to my last post. I should have added I did
this with a US "pc104" keyboard. Also, the following two sites were
quite helpful while I figured this out:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-5.html
http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/virtualconsoles.html
- Dave
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