switch caps lock and ctrl without X?
 

hi,
i can switch caps lock and the left control while running X with a properly configured xorg.config. however, sometimes, i run without X, which makes those 2 keys themselves. so can i switch caps lock and left control while not running X? if so, how?
thanks.

Re: switch caps lock and ctrl without X?
 

You need to edit a keymap in '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty'
defkeymap.map.gz is the default map loaded, I believe.

Copy it to another name:
$ cp my-keymap.map.gz
$ gunzip my-keymap.gz

Edit the file and change these two lines:
keycode 29 = Control
keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
to:
keycode 29 = Caps_Lock
keycode 58 = Control

Save the file then run:
$ loadkeys my-keymap.map

You should now be in business. Zip the file up:
$ gzip my-key.map

To set this up at boot time cd into /etc/rc.d/

Edit a file rc.keymap. Create it if it isn't there.

Add this to the file
loadkeys my-keymap.map
Save the file
NOTE: You don't have to call it my-keymap.gz; loadkeys knows to unzip the files.

$ chmod +x rc.keymap

and it will load at boot time.

sweeeeet!!! thanks a bunch.