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I'm using System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layout > Options > Ctrl key position > Swap Ctrl and CapsLock, which works great for X.

How can I get the same for virtual consoles (Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc.)?

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  1. Set your preferred keyboard options: System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Options
  2. Apply the layout and options system-wide: System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Apply System-Wide
  3. Reboot for the changes to take effect in the virtual consoles.

To double-check that the settings have been applied, look for XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps" in /etc/default/console-setup. (Alternatively, if you know what you're doing you can go ahead and just edit this file directly.)

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This does work, but I am looking for a way to affect only the virtual consoles instead of also all the accounts on the system when using X. (I only have a handful here, so I just reset them after this.) – Roger Pate Sep 20 '10 at 15:16
I see (since /etc/ is an hg repo using etckeeper) this modifies /etc/default/console-setup and /etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz. If I was to modify the former myself, what command generates the latter cached.kmap.gz? – Roger Pate Sep 20 '10 at 15:19
Actually, I put that in a separate question. – Roger Pate Sep 20 '10 at 19:53

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