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After swapping ctrl and caps in xmodmap, how can I make ctrl work properly for multi-modifier combinations?
I've swapped left ctrl and caps lock by creating ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 66 = Control_L
keycode 37 = Caps_Lock
clear Lock
clear Control
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L Control_R
then ...
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X keyboard layout occasionally resets itself
I have this in my .xinitrc:
setxkbmap -layout "jp,ru" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
(I'm in Japan, have a local keyboard, and occasionally use the Russian keyboard layout)
This works fine, most ...
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1answer
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Keyboard not working/ kbd_drv.so missing
The keyboard stopped working on my Acer Aspire One running Ubuntu 12.04.
The keyoard doesn't work when the computer is booted (ie: I can't press F12 to change the boot order) amd it doesn't work when ...
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Lubuntu 12.10 Xorg crash with keyboard/mouse [closed]
I'm trying to get Lubuntu 12.10 on an AMD 2400 (32bit)/512mb/300gb computer. Ubuntu 12.04 and older run fine on this configuration.
I couldn't use the normal ISO to install. Somewhere in the ...
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Xorg Crahses after connecting Bluetooth Keyboard [closed]
Since I installed a Bluetooth dongle on my fresh 12.10, everytime I connect the bluetooth keyboard, the system will eventualy crash (Xorg) after 30 sec to 5 minutes even if I'm not using the keyboard.
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Map function+backspace to delete
I'm used to Apple laptops, on which Function + Backspace is mapped to Delete. I'm also okay with Shift + Backspace.
Is there a way to obtain this? Note, I'm using Xmonad and have some keyboard ...
2
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1answer
130 views
How to bind a character device in /dev directory as the keyboard?
I have written an character device, I want to declare it as the keyboard and use it to generate events from the virtual keyboard?
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2answers
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Setting different keypress rate for individual keys?
I'd like an especially high repeat rate and low delay on my backspace key, but a regular delay and rate on every other key. This command works, but sets it for every key:
xset r rate 120 30
Is ...
0
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1answer
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dead keys not working in java app
The Arduino IDE is based on a java application called processing. While typing text into processing, it refuses to accept any of the characters under dead keys like " ' ^. As a work around I:
Open ...
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1answer
691 views
Remapping the AltGr key to Control with setxkbmap
Is there a way to remap the AltGr key to Ctrl with setxkbmap?
I've already checked the option section in
"/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst" but I didn't find an entry for
AltGr...
I also tried ...
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2answers
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How to map CTRL+q key press to CTRL+c event?
How can the Ctrl+Q key combination be mapped to the Ctrl+C event?
My keyboard is mapped to programmer-dvorak and I would like to have the Ctrl+X , Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V events to be mapped to Ctrl+' , ...
0
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1answer
325 views
Capital D key not working / producing output
For some inexplicable reason the capital d key on my Ubuntu system is no longer producing output. Hitting caps lock and then d produces a D. I've tried multiple keyboards and the issue is the same. ...
5
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1answer
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Where do I find a list of all X keysyms these days?
They used to be in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB, but those have been missing from Ubuntu for a while. I've tried google, but all I get are more references to XKeysymDB or the ...
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1answer
353 views
How to intercept all keystrokes
First of all, I don't expect that something like this already exists, but I am interested in knowing how something like this would be accomplished.
I want a program that I can have running in the ...
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How to bind to ctrl+alt+plus? [closed]
I would like to bind volume up/down to Ctrl+Alt++ and -, but AFAIK the X server catches those key combinations and uses them for resolution change.
Now when I press Ctrl+Alt++ or -, nothing happens, ...
5
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1answer
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Screen flickers in response to <Super>P, can't bind it to anything
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 on ThinkPad Edge 11" and no matter what X session or wm I use, P makes widgets blank out for a fraction of a second. After a quick search through gconf and XF86 symbol tables ...
5
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1answer
170 views
How do I map the keyboard soft keys when they give no event notification?
I have a Silitek SK-2501B keyboard which has soft keys for volume and play pause and all that stuff.
Only the mute and suspend button work. When I run the xev utility to determine the keycodes that ...
6
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1answer
1k views
Multiple keyboards with different layouts
I have ubuntu (11.04) running on a recent macbook pro. I use both the built in keyboard and an external keyboard. I want to remap capslock on both keyboards to super, and I want to swap left-alt (mac ...
3
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1answer
386 views
Keyboard freezes when xorg crashes [closed]
Situation is like that. Many times has happened that Xorg freezes and with it also keyboard. Quite some times because of some Compiz effects or Flash (fullscreen switch).
Keyboard becomes totaly ...
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2answers
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Map caps-lock key to middle mouse click
Since I rarely use caps-lock, I'd like to map the key to a middle mouse click instead. I would also like to map Alt+Caps Lock to the original function of the caps lock key, should I ever need it.
I ...
5
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1answer
372 views
`p` key doesn't work in X
Today I had to force-shutdown my machine after it froze during resume from suspend. Since the reboot, I've found that the p key doesn't work normally in X. It does work normally in the console.
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How can I map a character to a key combination?
I'm a bit of a fan of the interrobang (‽), but it obviously is not on my keyboard. How can I map that character to a key combination?
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2answers
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How do I reset my keyboard layout?
How can I reset my keyboard layout after modifying it with xkbcomp?
Is there a way to do this without restarting X?
