I created a file ~/.Xmodmap with my mapping commands. I thought that it will be automatically launched after login (and restart) but it's not. So I have to always run after login the command
$ xmodmap .Xmodmap
Is it possible to automatize this process?
thank you
Yes, but exactly how depends on which shell you're using.
In case of bash, edit ~/.bashrc and add a line saying
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
If you don't have a ~/.bashrc yet, create one and start it with
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ] ; then
. /etc/bash.bashrc
fi
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
If you're using a different login shell such as tcsh or dash or zsh, you'll need to check its manpage to see what files it reads and executes on startup and add the command there. If you're unsure what login shell you're using, the SHELL environment variable should have been set, and you can check that instead with echo $SHELL .
EDIT: My bad. ~/.xsession is the correct file to add this.
.bashrc rather than .bash_profile; if there's a persuasive argument for keeping it restricted to login shells I'd like to hear it.
– Shadur
Apr 19 '11 at 7:36
bash. Maybe I asked the question bad way. I edited ~/.bashrc as you said and restarted the computer and after restart I had to run xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap manually to have remapped keys.
– xralf
Apr 19 '11 at 8:12
~/.bash_profile as well, as ~/.bashrc may not get loaded in a login shell.
– Shadur
Apr 19 '11 at 9:07
~/.bash_profile . Should I add all the lines or only the one line with xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap?
– xralf
Apr 19 '11 at 9:37
I was looking through old questions here just last night for this issue. This post suggests putting the xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap line in ~/.xsessionrc and making sure /etc/X11/xsession.options contains the line allow-user-xsession.
I haven't rebooted since then to test it, however.
