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I have found a lot of ways to map Caps Lock to Left Control. For example: editing /etc/default/keyboard and adding "ctrl:nocaps" to the XKBOPTIONS

But I can't find anywhere how to map to Right Control, I need it to be the right because I am trying to do something after that and being the right is necessary for the next step

How can I map Caps Lock to Right Control?

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Use

xev

And press the key Right Control. You will get an event like this:

KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
root 0x266, subw 0x0, time 253995826, (1344,552), root:(1410,604),
state 0x10, keycode 105 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
XFilterEvent returns: False

Remember the keycode, in my case 105.

Create a script, for example /home/user/xmodmap.sh with the following:

#!/bin/bash
xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Caps_Lock"

Now give permissions to the script with:

sudo chmod 755 /home/user/xmodmap.sh

And add it to be run when your Ubuntu starts going to System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and creating a new entry with the command:

/bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && /home/user/xmodmap.sh"
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  • Why the "sleep 5"? – Damaru Jul 7 '15 at 11:31
  • It is not working by the way. I have tried executing xmodmap with a file as argument whose content is: remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_R keysym Caps_Lock = Control_R add Control = Control_R And it works if I execute it in a term, but it doesn't if I run it automatically at boot (neither with a sleep 5 before) – Damaru Jul 7 '15 at 12:18
  • The reason for the sleep is better explained here: askubuntu.com/questions/644657/… – Katu Jul 7 '15 at 20:44
  • Have you tried a script like the example I gave? It works for me in Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04... You might want to sleep for longer. Are you using Unity? – Katu Jul 7 '15 at 20:46
  • I have tried it and it doesn't work for me. It doesn't even work if I execute it in a term after booting. My machine is running Xubuntu 14.04 (XFCE + Ubuntu). – Damaru Jul 8 '15 at 9:55

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