Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > >> xmodmap ~/.xmodmap-`uname-n` > >> > >> bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE-1504:~$
That's quite a hostname! > >> " > >> > >> Which I will test, the next time that I reboot (which probably will > >> not be for a few hours). > >> > > > > Unfortunately, this path of action, has turned out to be quite harmful. > > > > At first, it took away my <End> key functionality, and now I have lost > > the functionality of the cursor control keys, and so have to disable > > the numberic keypad, in order to access cursor control positioning. > > > > I have tried to restore the default settings, to no avail. > > > > And the <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys, and the <Home> key, have also > stopped working. It is a bit like Langoliers or Pacman, eating the > keyboard functionality. I've no idea what you've put into .xmodmap but I think that's quite a blunt instrument to be using. As you're obviously only concerned with X, I'd have thought that the "potted recipes" at the end of /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst would be sufficient, and these can be set from XKBOPTIONS in /etc/default/keyboard. Cheers, David.
