Lucid gnome runs 'startup-applications' out of phase for remapping keyboard
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hey all,
Gnome offers a way to startup applications for a user "System" > "Startup Applications". I have been using that for about a decade to remap the keyboard, exchanging the "Caps Lock" and "Backspace" keys. In Lucid, this does not work during 'auto-login' at startup, but if I log out and then log back in, it works correctly. It seems the new rapid starting strategy does not take this case into consideration.
For info, the startup script is:
eratosthenes:~> cat ConfigFiles/
xmodmap -e "clear Lock"
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = BackSpace"
xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e "add Lock = Caps_Lock"
As I understand, this is probably not how the new X needs to be manipulated but it has been working and works if I logout then login so it seems mostly an issue in the ordering of scripts which affect X.
cheers,
adrian
eratosthenes:~> lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
(updated on April 26th 2010, EST 9:00AM)
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) |
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