Re: [vox-tech] using xmodmap to swap modifier key locations
Qå lördag, 11 oktober 2003, skrev Shawn P. Neugebauer: Pete alluded to, but did not describe, the xev utility. Use it to figure out *precisely* what X thinks the keys are. Do this before applying the new map (so, if you've already done so, you'll need to restart X). I doubt you need to do anything to your XF86Config file(s), necessarily, you just need to find the keycodes, keysyms, etc. for your keyboard. FYI, I use this trick in every linux environment I get my hands on, and it's always worked as is. Thank you everyone for your replies. Things just get stranger and stranger---see below. I should probably mention at this point that my real goal is not to swap control and caps lock (I want to understand how to do that since it is a common and seemingly simple example). My real goal is: 1. Make the left and right Alt keys send control. 2. Make the left Control key send alt. 3. Make the right Control key send AltGr. 4. Make the CapsLock key send compose. 5. Have no key send caps lock. 6. Maybe do somthing with the Win logo and Menu logo keys too, but this is a low priority since my usual keyboard has neither or these keys. So, back to swapping control and caps lock. Before I modify anything, xmodmap reveals the following: xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): shift Shift_L (0xa), Shift_R (0xb) lock control Control_L (0x8), Control_R (0x9) mod1Meta_L (0xc), Meta_R (0xd), Alt_L (0xe), Alt_R (0xf) mod2 mod3 mod4 mod5 Note that no keys are assigned to lock! Shouldn't this mean that there is no caps lock? But the Caps lock key does in fact turn on caps lock. According to xev, Caps Lock sends Caps_Lock, and Control sends Control_L. Now I run the following xmodmap commands: ! ! 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 with the result that Caps Lock is still caps lock and does not send control. (It still sends Caps_Lock according to xev.) What is really strange is that Control now works like a shift key! Meaning, that if I hold down Control and press letter keys, I get capital letters. But number keys are unaffected. So it is really like a caps lock that does not lock (arguable more useful than regular caps lock, but still bizarre.) According to xev, Control sends Caps_Lock also. Xmodmap reports: xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): shift Shift_L (0xa), Shift_R (0xb) lockCaps_Lock (0x8) control Control_L (0x59), Control_R (0x9) mod1Meta_L (0xc), Meta_R (0xd), Alt_L (0xe), Alt_R (0xf) mod2 mod3 mod4 mod5 I will keep experimenting. -- Henry House The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. See http://hajhouse.org/pgp for information. My OpenPGP key: http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [vox-tech] using xmodmap to swap modifier key locations
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 11 October 2003 01:12 pm, Henry House wrote: Qå lördag, 11 oktober 2003, skrev Shawn P. Neugebauer: Pete alluded to, but did not describe, the xev utility. Use it to figure out *precisely* what X thinks the keys are. Do this before applying the new map (so, if you've already done so, you'll need to restart X). I doubt you need to do anything to your XF86Config file(s), necessarily, you just need to find the keycodes, keysyms, etc. for your keyboard. FYI, I use this trick in every linux environment I get my hands on, and it's always worked as is. Thank you everyone for your replies. Things just get stranger and stranger---see below. I should probably mention at this point that my real goal is not to swap control and caps lock (I want to understand how to do that since it is a common and seemingly simple example). My real goal is: 1. Make the left and right Alt keys send control. 2. Make the left Control key send alt. 3. Make the right Control key send AltGr. 4. Make the CapsLock key send compose. 5. Have no key send caps lock. 6. Maybe do somthing with the Win logo and Menu logo keys too, but this is a low priority since my usual keyboard has neither or these keys. So, back to swapping control and caps lock. Before I modify anything, xmodmap reveals the following: xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): shift Shift_L (0xa), Shift_R (0xb) lock control Control_L (0x8), Control_R (0x9) mod1Meta_L (0xc), Meta_R (0xd), Alt_L (0xe), Alt_R (0xf) mod2 mod3 mod4 mod5 Note that no keys are assigned to lock! Shouldn't this mean that there is no caps lock? But the Caps lock key does in fact turn on caps lock. According to xev, Caps Lock sends Caps_Lock, and Control sends Control_L. Now I run the following xmodmap commands: ! ! 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 - -SNIP- I will keep experimenting. try saving the output of `xmodmap -pke` to a file and editing it. Also, see my earlier post. The way I got control and caps swapped is diffrent from the above, which I think I was unable to get working. See my other post in this thread - -- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: 3B30 C6BE B1C6 9526 7A90 34E7 11DF 44F3 7217 7BC7 On pgp.mit.edu, import with `gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 72177BC7` Also available at http://www.cal.net/~ryan/ryan_at_mother_dot_com.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iKspEd9E83IXe8cRAsd/AKCVqFlf9K2BPnA+0ypqnCVj8scuuQCgpEgX KPA/qc2HKbInPP6qkU4Wp5g= =frli -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Samba issues on my home network solved!
I was having an issue with files on my Samba share on my home server being created by user nobody when I wanted them created with my account name on that server. I solved this by deleting the homes share, and creating a new share pointing to my home directory with the force user and force group options enabled. Oddly, when I tried naming the share richard, the same name as my account on the computer, I wasn't able to browse to the share from Windows or write to it from Windows. But naming the share rscrawford made it all work. Just plain weird. Remaining issues: 1. Trying to sync my Palm Pilot (USB connection) causes my Linux box to freeze up, and the computer must be rebooted. 2. I cannot get my display working on my Debian laptop. GNOME is dead, apparently beyond resurrection, and I still haven't figured out whether I ought to just blow the partition and reinstall. Advice on either of these two issues would be very greatly appreciated. -- Slainte, Richard S. Crawford AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de Saint Exupery ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
