adding xmodmap to X startup

[anoosh3000]

dears,

i have modified my keyboard and saved results in /etc/X11/xmodmap and i can use it successfully with:

xmodmap /etc/X11/Xmodmap

i can add this line to .bashrc to be run at LOGIN time, but what i want to do is to modify keyboard before loging in. is there any special script which i can ask X to run xmodmap in run level 5?

best ,

-- A.

[hcvv]

You mean you want it done for typing in your username/password in the xdm/gdm/kdm logon page?

[anoosh3000]

not absoulutely. actually i have added my laptop [lenovo SL300] Volume KeyCode to the file so, for instance, i can "mute" system before loging in when i am at a meeting or sth to avoid splash sound. therefor the file has to be read by xmodmap before login page.

[hcvv]

Originally Posted by anoosh3000

not absoulutely. actually i have added my laptop [lenovo SL300] Volume KeyCode to the file so, for instance, i can "mute" system before loging in when i am at a meeting or sth to avoid splash sound. therefor the file has to be read by xmodmap before login page.

I see what you mean. But I think you are on the wrong road to a solution. There is no xserver running at that moment so the xmodmap has nowhere to go.

I would switch off the logon/logoff sounds for good in KDE/Gnome. What are they good for?

[anoosh3000]

that was just an example! When kdm is loaded there should be definitely an X session running, isn't it?

Is there any X startup script so i can append xmodmap to that and see the results?

[hcvv]

I just checked. Yes, /usr/bin/Xorg running as child of kdm, even if I am loged out.

I can not find in man Xorg any reference of such a startup file.

I found the directory /etc/X11/xinit/ which has some startup scripts, but I think tthese are for copying to users .xinitrc etc. You could try to test there (but first copy the originals ).

Maybe someone with better knowledge then I have might show up.

[brunomcl]

From man xmodmap:

The xmodmap program is used to edit and display the keyboard modifier map and keymap table that are used by client applications to convert event keycodes into keysyms. It is usually run from the user's session startup script to configure the keyboard according to personal tastes.

In kde, i'd put it in Autostart. Gnome has something like it, I believe.

[hcvv]

As suggested by brunomcl, run it at the start of your desktop. The only thing still staying to depress is the logon jingle and that can be switched of on KDE (and most probably also in Gnome).