xmodmap help

pitt30 · 01-09-2005, 07:55 AM

before i start working on the keyboard, i am trying to get my mouse working correctly. if i manually type xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" my mouse works as it should. i tried putting this command in .Xmodmap bot on my home directory as well as in the .Xmodmap in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/. (both at different times of course, and with the command, pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5, both with and without -e). i also tried the full command xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" in rc.local with no success as well. i also tried the command in xinitrc with no results.
i searched the forum and tried all the recommendations without success. can someone please help me here so i can move on and get frustration from my keyboard.

thanks

acid_kewpie · 01-09-2005, 10:43 AM

it should go in ~/.xsession

tazdevil77 · 01-09-2005, 10:59 AM

mmmh, i have ".Xmodmap" file in my home and in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit.
"pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

dont know which is the right one. but it works.

rico

@acid_kewpie
i dont have a "~/.xsession" file

pitt30 · 01-09-2005, 11:01 AM

i don't have an .xsession file. just and .xsession-error and .xsession-error.bak files

what does an .xsession file have in it so i can make one

and thanks, all the posts i have read never stated anything about this file

taz,
maybe its a permission thing. what are your permissions set at. this is killing me

thanks

acid_kewpie · 01-09-2005, 11:08 AM

it need having nothing in it at all, it is just one of the possible files that is sourced when X loads. there are loads of alternatives, i just try to stick to as few as possible.

tazdevil77 · 01-09-2005, 11:27 AM

in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit = 0644
in home = 0644

rico

slakmagik · 01-09-2005, 11:38 AM

If you are using 'startx' and not using Gnome (or maybe KDE) then your ~/.xinitrc should include

Code:

usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
...
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

and your ~/.Xmodmap should work. Gnome disregards .Xmodmap for some idiotic reason and graphical logons ignore .xinitrc for another.

pitt30 · 01-10-2005, 02:15 AM

ok i tried all the suggestions and still get the same thing. im thinking the Xmodmap is not loading. there is a reference pointing to in in xinitrc but i just dont know anymore of why this isnt working.

im lost,

slakmagik · 01-10-2005, 07:15 AM

Hm. Well, tazdevil77 said he had it in quotes and it worked, but I would have suggested removing the quotes. I only have keycodes and no pointer settings but, IIRC, it was very picky about the file syntax and didn't work with quoted lines. Maybe you've already done that, too, but if not, the only thing I can think to try is

Code:

pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5

Might try 'xmodmap -pp' and/or change your .xinitrc to read

Code:

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap -verbose $usermodmap > wtf
fi

and do 'less wtf' after starting X just to see what's going on.

pitt30 · 01-13-2005, 08:45 PM

solved!

just in case anyone else runs in to this. turns out the file does not like to have commented lines in it. i took out everything but the command, pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 and now it loads up correctly.

thanks for everyone who tried to help!

slakmagik · 01-14-2005, 02:48 AM

Argh. I feel like I should have thought of that. Were you using hashes? Because you can comment the file, but I think you have to use X comments - a bang instead of a shell-style hash. Congrats on getting it going.

pitt30 · 01-14-2005, 04:54 AM

yep #'s all over. reread man page and read about the bangs. looked at the file and said gee, im a dumbass.

anyway thanks again
now off to get frustrated with keyboard mapping.