Okay, per Paul's suggestion, I looked up the man pages for xmodmap, the keymapping utility and was successfully able to swap my <caps> and <control> (left) keys. This is the steps it took: >From a terminal, create the file .xmodmaprc, touch .xmodmaprc Then, you can use vi, emacs, or in my case, I just opened a window on my /home dir and dropped it on kedit. Enter these lines: ! ! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L ! remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = Control_L Save it, then add this line to your /home/username/.bash_profile file: xmodmap .xmodmaprc Save it, and you're ready to rock! ;-) The Linux Cool Keyboard that I purchased from tigerdirect.com already has the <caps> and <control> (L) keys included with it for swapping out...nice. PS Don't forget you have to do this for both your root and "regular" user account.
