Re: /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTIONS not read by X

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

Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:50:57AM GMT, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Dan B. wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> I presume you've restarted restarted udev or rebooted since then?

I have now (rebooted).

> % udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change
>
> Can we see the content of your file (without the comments), please?


XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps"


> Could you also point us to the instructions you've used as well, please?

http://shallowsky.com/blog/2011/Mar/20/

Note:  I was mistaken in thinking that _that_ page said that the
/etc/default/keyboard setting would take effect for both the virtual
consoles and X.

However, I read (somewhere else) that in Squeeze one could fix both the
virtual consoles and X with one setting.

(Also, the fact that /etc/default/keyboard uses the name "XKB..." and
uses the X configuration format suggests that the file might also be
read by X startup scripts.)


Thanks,
Daniel