Salutations.
I'm not exactly a *nix newbie, but I am new to Debian and particularly the nice Kubuntu 7.10. My only grief is that I can't figure out how to make the keyboard behave with the new boot processes.
I want
Problem 1
For consoles (when X is not running): I have a properly-tested keymap file, which I placed at /etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz, but it seems to be completely ignored during startup. I have no clue how to fix this... (nor, apparently, does anyone on google).
Problem 2
I've also made myself an .Xmodmap file:
This works fine for the Caps/Control key. 
However, not the Windows key. According to xmodmap the Super_L and/or Hyper_L keysym is in use, and AFAIK at least one of these should map to the Windows key. I've tried every combination of Super and Hyper in my xmodmap file but they don't seem to want to work like I expect. (At one point the Windows key was acting like a Shift key...?!)
In any case, I presume both of these problems are startup-related, hence my post (first post, yeah!) here.
I've done everything I know how to do, except directly modifying system boot scripts (which may be "repaired" the next time I update, and loadkeys can't be called too soon, but I'm not sure when "too soon" is...).
I'm not exactly a *nix newbie, but I am new to Debian and particularly the nice Kubuntu 7.10. My only grief is that I can't figure out how to make the keyboard behave with the new boot processes.
I want
- CapsLock to be a Control key
- Left Windows to be the CapsLock
Problem 1
For consoles (when X is not running): I have a properly-tested keymap file, which I placed at /etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz, but it seems to be completely ignored during startup. I have no clue how to fix this... (nor, apparently, does anyone on google).
Problem 2
I've also made myself an .Xmodmap file:
Code:
! This configuration sets ! physical key understood key ! Caps Lock Left Control ! Left Windows Caps Lock clear Lock remove Mod4 = Super_L add Control = Caps_Lock Control_L Control_R add Lock = Super_L
However, not the Windows key. According to xmodmap the Super_L and/or Hyper_L keysym is in use, and AFAIK at least one of these should map to the Windows key. I've tried every combination of Super and Hyper in my xmodmap file but they don't seem to want to work like I expect. (At one point the Windows key was acting like a Shift key...?!)
In any case, I presume both of these problems are startup-related, hence my post (first post, yeah!) here.
I've done everything I know how to do, except directly modifying system boot scripts (which may be "repaired" the next time I update, and loadkeys can't be called too soon, but I'm not sure when "too soon" is...).
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