Your message dated Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:15:56 +0200 with message-id <YmKqjPxzWiwY1CSE@jcristau-z4> and subject line Re: Bug#508767: /usr/bin/setxkbmap: setxkbmap resets xmodmap settings has caused the Debian Bug report #508767, regarding /usr/bin/setxkbmap: setxkbmap resets xmodmap settings to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 508767: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508767 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: /usr/bin/setxkbmap: setxkbmap resets xmodmap settings
- From: James Vega <jamessan@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:00:51 -0500
- Message-id: <20081215040051.GA16473@jamessan.com>
Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.4+1 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/setxkbmap If after running "xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc", I run "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps" the settings from my .xmodmaprc are no longer in effect. xmodmap has to be re-run. $ cat ~/.xmodmaprc keysym Alt_R = Escape keycode 227 = Super_L -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (499, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages x11-xkb-utils depends on: ii cpp 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 2:1.1.0-1 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.1.99.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-2 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.5-1 X11 keyboard file manipulation lib ii libxmu6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii x11-common 1:7.4~4 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc x11-xkb-utils recommends no packages. x11-xkb-utils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <jamessan@debian.org>Attachment: signature.asc
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- To: 508767-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#508767: /usr/bin/setxkbmap: setxkbmap resets xmodmap settings
- From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:15:56 +0200
- Message-id: <YmKqjPxzWiwY1CSE@jcristau-z4>
- In-reply-to: <20081215040051.GA16473@jamessan.com>
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On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:00:51PM -0500, James Vega wrote: > Package: x11-xkb-utils > Version: 7.4+1 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/setxkbmap > > If after running "xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc", I run > "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps" the settings from my .xmodmaprc are no > longer in effect. xmodmap has to be re-run. > I'm afraid this is working as designed, and unlikely to change at this point. Closing. Cheers, Julien
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