/etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

["Dan B." <danb@kempt.net>]

I tried swapping the left Control key and Caps Lock key by modifying
the XKBOPTIONS value in /etc/default/keyboard, per instructions that
said it would take effect for both the virtual consoles and X.

However, it works only for the virtual consoles, and not for X (neither
when started by GDM nor when started by startx (with GDM disabled)).

This on a fresh Squeeze installation.  (Hmm.  A freshly Squeezed
compu... never mind.)


Is something else necessary?  Or are those instructions obsolete?


Daniel