Fedora 18 Xmodmap not detected on Login

jonc jonc at downfromthetrees.com
Wed Feb 20 14:44:35 UTC 2013


On 02/20/2013 08:52 AM, Noah Cutler wrote:
> Ran across a couple of threads on this issue:
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=287800
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=287827
>
>
> My compact keyboard has no windows key, so am assigning SUP_L to 
> another key.   I also have a trackball mouse and need to make button 
> assignments to get draglock, scrolling, etc. working.
>
> Works fine when applying manually via terminal, but the (apparently) 
> old technique of adding a code block to .xinitrc referencing one's 
> ~/.Xmodmap is not picked up on login:
> if [ -f $HOME/.Xmodmap ]; then
>      /usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
> fi
>
> Anyone know the "new" way to pull this and/or have a workaround?
>
>

Used to work for me by just dumping .Xmodmap in home.

Here <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151926>'s a long Arch 
thread that has a workaround that seems to work for some people, sort 
of.  Looks like a Gnome thing.

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