Re: xmodmap automatically (.xsession or .xinitrc does not work)

[Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>]

On 4 May 2004, pretzalz@techhouse.org wrote:

>> Hello I changed from suse to Debian, via Knoppix. To my surprise
>> putting xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap in the .xinitrc or .xsession file had no
>> effect that is I have to execute this command every time I log
>> in. Is there any solution?  Thanks Uwe Brauer
>
> Not sure if you found a solution yet, but what I do is just put:
>
> if [ "$TERM" == "xterm" ]; then
> xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
> fi
>
> in my .bashrc[or whatever shell you use].  I always have at least
thanks but it seems that it does not work in my .tcshrc 

I have now the feeling that it is a KDE problem not a X one since I
put in my .xsession file besides
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
also the line
xterm &

which worked.