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Date:      Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:31:55 +0100
From:      Marko Turk <marko@markoturk.info>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tried everything (Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L) nothing works!
Message-ID:  <20150325133155.GA56359@vps.markoturk.info>
In-Reply-To: <20150325125708.GH3131@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>
References:  <20150325125708.GH3131@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 08:57:08AM -0400, William Bulley wrote:
> This is really annoying.  I know I have used xmodmap(1) in the past
> and it served me well.  I now have a Dell keyboard on a Dell system
> and I can't get the caps lock key swapped with the left control key.
>=20
> Here is what I have now (yes, both -- belt and suspenders...):
>=20
> unix% head -6 $HOME/.xmodmaprc
> remove Lock =3D Caps_Lock
> remove Control =3D Control_L
> keysym Control_L =3D Caps_Lock
> keysym Caps_Lock =3D Control_L
> add Lock =3D Caps_Lock
> add Control =3D Control_L
> unix% grep modmap .xinitrc
> /usr/local/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc
> unix% grep swap /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>         Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> unix% pkg info | grep xorg-server
> xorg-server-1.14.7_2,1         X.Org X server and related programs
>=20
> I have rebooted the system as well as restarting Xorg to make sure
> everything was running from a fresh beginning.
>=20
> One of the above should have worked, but in my xterm window(s) the
> caps lock is still CAPS LOCK, sigh...  Can anyone provide a clue?
>=20

Hi,

this works for me (I put it in .xinitrc):
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

BR,
Marko

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