~/.xmodmaprc read only once and never again

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

I created a ~/.xmodmaprc to turn of the caps lock key and to modfiy some keys on a particular keyboard.

When I restart gnome with the new .xmodmaprc for the first time, a graphical requester appears, asking me whether to read that xmodmaprc. I entered the file (and left the "dont ask again" option checked). For that particular session everything worked as expected. But since the next gnome session, the .xmodmaprc is not executed anymore (thus ineffective), and the requester does not appear. So there is no plain way to have keybordmodifications permanent. I guess there's something wrong deep inside the gnome internals. Looks as if it registers that file to be read in the gnome settings, but does not actually read it.

regards

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello Hadmut Danish

Is this issue present with the latest updated Lucid's packages?

Thanks
Fabio

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

Seems so...

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

hello hadmut Danish
yes or no.
Thanks

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

it works on all but one of my computers. It does not work on one of them (so the problem is still present), but I did not yet figure out why.

[arpl (aris-plakias-gmail)]

The problem exists in maverick too.

[Alexandr Novel (normalex)]

10.04 default install, vanilla correct .xmodmaprc is not loading at all. The dialog box appears asking to load it, but actually never does. Only manual load works.

[Alexandr Novel (normalex)]

I think this is a user error. The dialog box asks not only shows available xmodmap files but requests user's action to select one of them, click Load button and then ok. It appears to be that it shows files that are going to be load automatically, but it is not so. It's just a list in the right panel from which one should manually select the desired file name and move it to the loadable selection list on the left side.
Also the man file mentions only the .xmodmaprc, but the actual /etc/gdm/Xsession deals also with .Xmodmap files.

[Alexandr Novel (normalex)]

the example of correct file

~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/general/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
 <entry name="update_handlers" mtime="1289430852" type="list" ltype="string">
  <li type="string">
   <stringvalue>.xmodmaprc</stringvalue>
  </li>
 </entry>
 <entry name="known_file_list" mtime="1289430846" type="list" ltype="string">
  <li type="string">
   <stringvalue>.xmodmaprc</stringvalue>
  </li>
 </entry>
</gconf>