Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 11 nov 11, 17:23:16, Dan B. wrote: Something _really_ screwy seems to be going on here. I think Gnome is overriding the keyboard settings. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-12 Thread Dan B.
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 11 nov 11, 17:23:16, Dan B. wrote: Something _really_ screwy seems to be going on here. I think Gnome is overriding the keyboard settings. Did you read the part about its setting the keyboard settings in its X server differently depending on whether an unrelated

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-11 Thread Dan B.
Raf Czlonka wrote: On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:50:57AM GMT, Bob Proulx wrote: Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X.

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-11 Thread Dan B.
Dan B. wrote: Raf Czlonka wrote: On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:50:57AM GMT, Bob Proulx wrote: Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-11 Thread Dan B.
I. wrote: Dan B. wrote: Raf Czlonka wrote: On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:50:57AM GMT, Bob Proulx wrote: Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, ... ... XKBOPTIONS=ctrl:swapcaps ... Hey, I just

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-09 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:50:57AM GMT, Bob Proulx wrote: Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X. I presume you've

/etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-08 Thread Dan B.
I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X. However, it works only for the virtual consoles, and not for X (neither when started by GDM nor

Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

2011-11-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Dan B. wrote: I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X. However, it works only for the virtual consoles, and not for X (neither when