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Topic: Keyboard Keys Broke!, Looking for a way to remap broken keys

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spock

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Posted: Mar. 20 2006,14:20

Hi there,

Xmodmap only works with XFree86 in DSL. I have this line in my /home/dsl/.xinitrc :

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap-us-ext & (instead of .xmodmap-box)

It enables me to type this by using the CapsLock key on my US keyboard :

¡é«½€×çàßâêîôû¥øæœ¶äëïöüðå©lùµáéíóúñª¿ÂÊÎÄËÏÁÉÍÐ°ÅÛ¢»É¡È÷ÇÀ

Xkeycaps is a great application

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spock

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Posted: Mar. 20 2006,14:22

For those interested this is my .Xmodmap file :

!
! Extended US keyboard
keycode 66 = Mode_switch Multi_key
keycode 117 = Mode_switch Multi_key
keycode 49 = grave asciitilde twosuperior threesuperior
keycode 10 = 1 exclam exclamdown
keycode 11 = 2 at eacute Eacute
keycode 12 = 3 numbersign guillemotleft guillemotright
keycode 13 = 4 dollar onehalf onequarter
keycode 14 = 5 percent EuroSign cent
keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum dead_acute dead_circumflex
keycode 16 = 7 ampersand egrave Egrave
keycode 17 = 8 asterisk multiply division
keycode 18 = 9 parenleft ccedilla Ccedilla
keycode 19 = 0 parenright agrave Agrave
keycode 20 = minus underscore ssharp macron
keycode 21 = equal plus plusminus notsign
keycode 24 = q Q acircumflex Acircumflex
keycode 25 = w W ecircumflex Ecircumflex
keycode 26 = e E icircumflex Icircumflex
keycode 27 = r R ocircumflex Ocircumflex
keycode 28 = t T ucircumflex Ucircumflex
keycode 29 = y Y yen degree
keycode 30 = u U oslash Ooblique
keycode 31 = i I ae AE
keycode 32 = o O oe OE
keycode 33 = p P paragraph section
keycode 38 = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
keycode 39 = s S ediaeresis Ediaeresis
keycode 40 = d D idiaeresis Idiaeresis
keycode 41 = f F odiaeresis Odiaeresis
keycode 42 = g G udiaeresis Udiaeresis
keycode 43 = h H eth ETH
keycode 44 = j J aring Aring
keycode 45 = k K copyright registered
keycode 47 = semicolon colon ugrave Ugrave
keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl mu
keycode 52 = z Z aacute Aacute
keycode 53 = x X eacute Eacute
keycode 54 = c C iacute Iacute
keycode 55 = v V oacute Oacute
keycode 56 = b B uacute Uacute
keycode 57 = n N ntilde Ntilde
keycode 58 = m M Multi_key
keycode 59 = comma less thorn THORN
keycode 60 = period greater ordfeminine masculine
keycode 61 = slash question questiondown
keycode 65 = space nobreakspace hyphen

Cheers

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mi007kes

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Posted: Mar. 22 2006,05:18

Thx for the posts, i did what said and put this in my .xinitrc

xmodmap ~/.xmodmap-box &

but i still cant get the remapped keys to start up when i boot. is this a format problem, or am i missing something. i am using a harddrive install

skaos

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Posted: Mar. 22 2006,10:44

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Xmodmap only works with XFree86 in DSL.

If you're using the Xvesa X-server that comes with DSL it should not work. You either have to install the full XFree mydsl package and configure it, or if you want to use Xvesa, look at how to setup console keyboard as this is what Xvesa uses.

mikshaw

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Posted: Mar. 22 2006,15:13

xmodmap works fine with Xvesa. I use it to set up my windows keys.

mi007kes: Do you have a ~/.xmodmap-box file? I don't see you mentioning anything about what you put in this file.

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