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

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

Dan B. wrote:
> 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.
...
> 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.)

Hey, I just noticed that if I use startx ("startx -- :1") to start X (and
Gnome, etc), the Control key gets swapped;.

It's in the X session started (or use?) by GDM that the Control key
doesn't get swapped.

Does that help identify the problem?


Daniel