Upgrade from F9 -> F10 xorg.conf problem

[Steven W. Orr]

I upgraded from F9 to F10. In my xorg.conf I had this set:

Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "Keyboard0"
         Driver      "kbd"
         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
         Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
EndSection

The ctrl:swapcaps no longer seems to take. i.e., I want my ctrl and 
capslock to be switched.

Any ideas?

[Todd Zullinger]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> I upgraded from F9 to F10. In my xorg.conf I had this set:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier "Keyboard0"
>        Driver      "kbd"
>        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>        Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> EndSection
>
> The ctrl:swapcaps no longer seems to take. i.e., I want my ctrl and  
> capslock to be switched.
>
> Any ideas?

This is probably caused by the switch to evdev for input.  You might
have better luck setting the options via hal, with something like this
in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-keymap.fdi:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
    <device>
        <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
            <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">ctrl:swapcaps</merge>
        </match>
    </device>
</deviceinfo>

And then you should be able to remove the InputDevice section in
xorg.conf (or remove xorg.conf entirely).

[Steven W. Orr]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> I upgraded from F9 to F10. In my xorg.conf I had this set:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier "Keyboard0"
>        Driver      "kbd"
>        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>        Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> EndSection
>
> The ctrl:swapcaps no longer seems to take. i.e., I want my ctrl and  
> capslock to be switched.
>
> Any ideas?

This is probably caused by the switch to evdev for input.  You might
have better luck setting the options via hal, with something like this
in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-keymap.fdi:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
    <device>
        <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
            <merge key="input.xkb.options" 
type="string">ctrl:swapcaps</merge>
        </match>
    </device>
</deviceinfo>

And then you should be able to remove the InputDevice section in
xorg.conf (or remove xorg.conf entirely).

---------Me again-------------------
I tried this and didn't get anywhere. What I did was to create 
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-keymap.fdi
followed by
/etc/init.d/haldaemon restart
and then relogging in.

Also, I note that in the man page for evdev, there is no option for 
XkbOptions.

I think I'm close. Any suggestions?

Also, I have an old .Xmodmap file to do the same thing that now fails to 
pass through the xmodmap program.

Here's the screen:

524 > cat .Xmodmaprc-20050222 
remove mod1 = Meta_L
remove mod1 = Meta_R
remove mod1 = Alt_L
remove mod1 = Alt_R
remove mod4 = Alt_L
remove mod4 = Alt_R
remove mod4 = Meta_L
remove mod4 = Meta_R
keycode 64 = Meta_L
keycode 113 = Meta_R
keycode 115 = Alt_L
keycode 116 = Alt_R
add mod1 = Meta_L
add mod4 = Alt_L

!
! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L
!
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L

!
! Set up the mouse
!
!pointer = 1 2 3 4 7 6 5
pointer = 1 2 3 7 6 4 5
525 > xmodmap < !$
xmodmap < .Xmodmaprc-20050222
xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x6c),  Meta_L (0xcd)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3      
mod4        Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)

526 >

[Bob Goodwin]

Steven W. Orr wrote:
> Steven W. Orr wrote:
> > I upgraded from F9 to F10. In my xorg.conf I had this set:
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >        Identifier "Keyboard0"
> >        Driver      "kbd"
> >        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> >        Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> > EndSection
> >
> > The ctrl:swapcaps no longer seems to take. i.e., I want my ctrl and  
> > capslock to be switched.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> This is probably caused by the switch to evdev for input.  You might
> have better luck setting the options via hal, with something like this
> in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-keymap.fdi:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
>     <device>
>         <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
>             <merge key="input.xkb.options" 
> type="string">ctrl:swapcaps</merge>
>         </match>
>     </device>
> </deviceinfo>
>
> And then you should be able to remove the InputDevice section in
> xorg.conf (or remove xorg.conf entirely).
>
> ---------Me again-------------------
> I tried this and didn't get anywhere. What I did was to create 
> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-keymap.fdi
> followed by
> /etc/init.d/haldaemon restart
> and then relogging in.
>
> Also, I note that in the man page for evdev, there is no option for 
> XkbOptions.
>
> I think I'm close. Any suggestions?
>
> Also, I have an old .Xmodmap file to do the same thing that now fails to 
> pass through the xmodmap program.
>
> Here's the screen:
>
> 524 > cat .Xmodmaprc-20050222 
> remove mod1 = Meta_L
> remove mod1 = Meta_R
> remove mod1 = Alt_L
> remove mod1 = Alt_R
> remove mod4 = Alt_L
> remove mod4 = Alt_R
> remove mod4 = Meta_L
> remove mod4 = Meta_R
> keycode 64 = Meta_L
> keycode 113 = Meta_R
> keycode 115 = Alt_L
> keycode 116 = Alt_R
> add mod1 = Meta_L
> add mod4 = Alt_L
>
> !
> ! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L
> !
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> remove Control = Control_L
> keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
> keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
> add Lock = Caps_Lock
> add Control = Control_L
>
> !
> ! Set up the mouse
> !
> !pointer = 1 2 3 4 7 6 5
> pointer = 1 2 3 7 6 4 5
> 525 > xmodmap < !$
> xmodmap < .Xmodmaprc-20050222
> xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
>
> shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
> control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
> mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x6c),  Meta_L (0xcd)
> mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3      
> mod4        Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
> mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)
>
> 526 >

This problem is preventing me from installing F-10 on this computer.

I have a script that runs:

/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 116=degree'

/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 117=mu'

/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=NoSymbol'

When I run of those in the F-10 computer it corrupts the keyboard 
mapping, the worst thing is that the down arrow key prints a "°" degree 
symbol to the screen with  the first command which should change a 
Windows key to "°".

I am satisfied if I can simply disable the Caps Lock key.

I will be watching responses to your problem.

Bob Goodwin