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.xinitrc with keyboard mapping not working

rated 0 times [ -1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 940 / 2 Years ago, thu, july 28, 2022, 3:44:14

I'm running Ubuntu 13.10. When I remap keys using xmodmap using the instructions at How do I remap certain keys or devices? , the remapping works fine. But when I create the .xinitrc file as a plain text file with xmodmap .Xmodmap in the home folder, and restart the computer, I still lose the changes. I've also tried xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap but that made no difference. When I simply run xmodmap .Xmodmap in the command after booting, it does work. Any ideas?

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answered 2 Years ago landarre · Accepted Answer

You can make a script, to run each time you login.

Create an empty .sh file

Input your code inside. It can look like this:



#!/bin/bash

# This is my remapping to change AltGr with W. Edit it to work with yours.

sleep 25

xmodmap -e "remove mod1 = Alt_R"

xmodmap -e "keycode 108 = w W Cyrillic_ve Cyrillic_VE"

Make it executable.

Add it to Application Autostart tab of Session and Startup.