On 01 Feb 2010, Joey Morris wrote: > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote on Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at > 09:13:41AM +0000: > > On 31 Jan 2010, Joey Morris wrote: > > > I start my X session with startx, and lately I've noticed that some > > > (but not all) of my .Xmodmap settings are being lost once my X session > > > is up. I think this behavior started sometime in the past month or two. > > > > > [snip] > > > > I also use startx, with Icewm. I encountered problems with ~/.Xmodmap > > some time ago. I solved it by trying out various /usr/bin/xmodmap > > commands on the command line and when I got them working I put them in > > .xinitrc. I no longer use ~/.Xmodmap. > > Thanks. I tried removing the line that loads .Xmodmap from my .xinitrc > and replacing it with direct calls to xmodmap -e, but that didn't > help. Just like my method of loading .Xmodmap, the modifier map is > correct immediately after the calls to xmodmap -e, but once the window > manager is up and I have an xterm, the modifier map is wrong. It looks > like the keysym command survives, but something moves that second > Control_L back to the Lock modifer. >
Did you try running the xmodmap -e e stuff at the command line in an xterm? That might give you a clearer idea of what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
