Capslock

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:47:34 -0200 John Coppens wrote:

> Hello people.
> 
> I've reached that breaking point, where I start hating the capslock
> key (again). Before I graduated to xorg 7.x/XFCE 4.4.2. I thought I
> had the problem solved, but now it's back. And I can't put my finger
> on why.
> 
> I have the classic ~/.Xmodmap:
> 
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> keycode 116 = Multi_key
> keycode 111 = BackSpace
> keycode 108 = Return
> 
> This file _gets_ read from .xinitrc, as the 'remove' statement is
> really 'executed'. xmodmap (the command) shows the Lock is now
> unassigned (and deleting the remove line brings it back).
> 
> Someone or something _after_ .xinitrc is reactivating the CapsLock.
> If I do an xmodmap -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock" everything works. Why
> not from the .Xmodmap?
> 
> Does xfce execute any other scripts that can modify this, after
> the .xinitrc? Could the SCIM have something to do with it? 
> 
> Can I trace this?

If you're not running the 4.6 beta, it's possible you're running into
an xorg bug -- there was a bug in xinit that caused key mappings set up
in xinitrc to get reset after X started.  I don't remember what version
it was, maybe it was the xinit version included with xorg 7.3-ish.

	-brian