Bug#479784: xmodmap in .xsession breaks keyboard layout
reassign 479784 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-1
kthxbye
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 07:14:46 -0400, Mark Tran wrote:
> I've been having the same issue when xmodmap is executed from .xinitrc;
> it works fine if I run xmodmap manually after X11 is started.
>
> This problem appears to be similar to a few previously closed reports:
> #444025, #443044, #443473.
>
Apparently the issue appears when running xmodmap or setxkbmap before
any key has been pressed. The map on the virtual core keyboard is
changed, but is then overwritten by the map from the actual physical
device when the first key is pressed.
Cheers,
Julien
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