[SOLVED] Key remap

interndan · 03-05-2012, 03:52 PM

How do I remap the most useless key on my keyboard (windoze key) to be cntrl+shift+u 2665? I have tried figuring out xmodmap with no success.

Also how would I make this permanent so the value is set on startup?

Thanks for your assistance

Dan

onebuck · 03-05-2012, 05:50 PM

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interndan · 03-06-2012, 02:58 PM

Thanks, that was some help. I figured out if I issue (in terminal) the command

Code:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 133=U2665'

I get the correct character printed when I press the windoze key. However I can't seem to get it to load this value on restart. I edited my ~/.Xmodmap, with no success.

Any Ideas?
Thanks
Dan

fatalfrrog · 03-06-2012, 07:45 PM

What did you do to your .Xmodmap?

And make sure you are including 'xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap' in your .xinitrc

jmccue · 03-06-2012, 07:58 PM

Hi interndan

Are you using startx -- runlevel 3 ?
or kdm (xdm) -- runlevel 4 ?

If runlevel 3 what fatalfrrog suggested should work

If runlevel 4, you man need to create ~/.xsession and/or add 'xmodmap ....' to it

John

interndan · 03-07-2012, 12:35 PM

I use run level 4. Here is my ~/.Xmodmap

Code:

keycode 133=U2665'

and my ~/.xsession

Code:

# This program, based on code found in the gpg-agent man page, is
# presumably licensed under the GPL.
#
# As the effects of this default .xsession on an account using
# (t)csh are not yet known, feedback and/or suggestions are welcomed.

if [ -x "$(which gpg-agent)" ]; then
  if test -f $HOME/.gpg-agent-info &&    kill -0 $(cut -d: -f 2 $HOME/.gpg-agent-info) 2>/dev/null; then
    GPG_AGENT_INFO=$(cat $HOME/.gpg-agent-info)
    export GPG_AGENT_INFO
  else
    eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)
    echo $GPG_AGENT_INFO >$HOME/.gpg-agent-info
  fi
fi

# Note that the new option --write-env-file may be used instead.

# You should always add the following lines to your .bashrc or whatever
# initialization file is used for all shell invocations:

~/.Xmodmap


GPG_TTY=$(tty)
export GPG_TTY

I use LXDE as my desktop environment if that makes a difference.

Thanks for you help.

ponce · 03-07-2012, 01:17 PM

I think you should modify, as suggested above, the line

Code:

~/.Xmodmap

with

Code:

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

P.S. happy birthday!

interndan · 03-07-2012, 01:33 PM

That didn't work either. But I do appreciate the help. also the birthday wishes.
Thank you.

ponce · 03-07-2012, 02:25 PM

you can also put

Code:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 133=U2665'

in your ~/.xsession

interndan · 03-07-2012, 02:42 PM

That didn't work either. Again thanks.

fatalfrrog · 03-07-2012, 05:45 PM

Are you logging out and back in after you make the changes?
And just to be sure that your mapping is correct, open up xev from a terminal and press the Windows key. You should see a line that says something similar to: "state 0x40, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES," - if the keycode is not 133, then there's your problem

interndan · 03-08-2012, 08:00 AM

Yes I am logging out and back in. Also the keycode is 133. Issuing the command in terminal gives the output I am trying to achieve, I just can't get it to make it a permanent change.
Thanks for your input.

fatalfrrog · 03-08-2012, 08:29 AM

Give this a good read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap

croxen · 03-08-2012, 10:24 AM

If nothing with .Xmodmap or .xinitrc seems to work, just make a small text file "keys.txt" consisting of the single line

Code:

keycode 133=U2665

and put it in your home directory.

Then (depending on your desktop environment) put

Code:

xmodmap keys.txt

among your session/startup applications. I tend to use this method in xfce4 for loading a batch of special key mappings for an old IR remote control.

interndan · 03-08-2012, 11:27 AM

I finally got it working. After getting the correct format for my ~/.Xmodmap, I had to modify /etc/xdg/lxsession/autostart by adding the line

Code:

@xmodmap `/.Xmodmap

Thanks for all the assistance I would have never figured this out without all your help.

I'll mark this solved

Dan