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Topic: xmodmap, something special needed?

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mikshaw

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Posted: Aug. 20 2004,21:16

I tried customizing my DSL keybindings in the same manner as I have in SuSE, editing ~/.Xmodmap to add my windows and multimedia keycodes. It seems to have no effect. Is there something different about xmodmap in DSL? Perhaps I need to change my keyboard type?

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mpie

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Posted: Aug. 23 2004,09:49

dull suggestion but did you exit xwindows then re-enter, maybe it is like the key layout change and needs to be loaded before the xwindow is started by adding to the .xserverrc file.

purely suggestion but may be worth a shot...

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Posted: Aug. 23 2004,10:50

DSL uses the Xvesa X-server and I think it "inherits" the console keyboard setup, so it may be that ~/.Xmodmap isn't used at all.

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Posted: Aug. 23 2004,11:46

Quote (skaos @ Aug. 23 2004,06:50)

DSL uses the Xvesa X-server and I think it "inherits" the console keyboard setup, so it may be that ~/.Xmodmap isn't used at all.

that was my point above the xserverrc feeds commands to the x window from the console, so by adding it there should in theory make the keys usable within X..... just like keyboard changes......

mikshaw

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Posted: Aug. 23 2004,14:11

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dull suggestion but did you exit xwindows then re-enter, maybe it is like the key layout change and needs to be loaded before the xwindow is started by adding to the .xserverrc file.

Yeah...that's the same thing I suggested to someone else yesterday when he had a problem with his keyboard in DSL :laugh:

I think I know what's up. The keyboard layout is a different one than I use in suse. Where DSL it's "us", in suse it's something like "us 105". Xev showed me that the multimedia keys aren't recognized, and the windows keys have a different keycode.

The multimedia keys aren't too important to me right now, but I think I can get it working by switching the Win-key keycodes to the correct number in .Xmodmap. If not, I'll be back here =o)

Thanks.

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