Bug 6885 - xmodmap runs on ~/.Xmodmap *TWICE*
Summary: xmodmap runs on ~/.Xmodmap *TWICE*
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: xinitrc
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Preston Brown
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Reported: 1999-11-10 19:41 UTC by Jeff Norden
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-01-11 14:42:44 UTC
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Description Jeff Norden 1999-11-10 19:41:34 UTC
The RH6.1 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc runs xmodmap on
the users .Xmodmap file twice, assuming that the
setxkbmap is not being used.

For many people, this behavior is probably
harmless.  But my .Xmodmap uses keysms (not
keycodes) to swap the caps_lock and the right-hand
control keys.  Running xmodmap twice swaps the
keys twice, which is the same as not swapping them
at all!

The relevant lines from xinitrc (lines 40-60) are
below.  The first 'xmodmap $usermodmap' inside the
XKB_IN_USE conditional is probably the intended
one.  I think the second one was just accidentally
left in the file, and should be deleted.

I almost hate to submit this because xinitrc
currently has zarro boogs :-)

-- /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, lines 40-60 --
# xkb and xmodmap don't play nice together
if [ -z $XKB_IN_USE ]; then
    if [ -f $oldsysmodmap ]; then
	xmodmap $oldsysmodmap
    fi

    if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
	xmodmap $sysmodmap
    fi

    if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
	xmodmap $usermodmap
    fi
fi

unset XKB_IN_USE

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-01-11 14:42:59 UTC
fixed for 6.2.  Thanks for the report.


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