<Solved>Disabling Caps Lock

[Ray2047]

I have found multiple sites that suggest caps lock can be disabled by

Code:

xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock"

but that doesn't work for me. Reassigning the key to Ctrl would work fine for me also. Any suggestions? Using KDE. Thanks in advance.

[AS]

if it can be of some help, xmodmap manpage report:

       One of the more irritating differences between keyboards is the location of the Control and Shift Lock keys.  A common use of
       xmodmap is to swap these two keys as follows:
       !
       ! 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

       This example can be run again to swap the keys back to their previous assignments.

not tested here. 

AS

[Ray2047]

Both "add" and "remove" are coming up Command not found. Was I misunderstanding. Was that to be added to a file? Xmodmap file?

[roj@localhost ~]$ remove Lock = Caps_Lock
bash: remove: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$ remove Control = Control_L
bash: remove: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$ keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
bash: keysym: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$ keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
bash: keysym: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$ add Lock = Caps_Lock
bash: add: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$ add Control = Control_L
bash: add: command not found
[roj@localhost ~]$

Same result as root.

As I appreciate the effort but you seem to have run into the same problem when I searched. The solutions don't seem to work on PCLOS

P.S. Dang new keyboard. I have accidentally activated caps lock four times while trying to write this.

[AS]

sorry, that was a manpage, not a shell script 

that commands as reported from manpage probably should be added to /etc/X11/Xmodmap .... or some other config file ...

you may want to test something like that, from a terminal:

Code:

xmodmap -e   "remove Control = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e   "remove Lock = Control_L"
xmodmap -e   "keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L"
xmodmap -e   "keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e   "add Lock = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e   "add Control = Control_L"

on my system it has successfully reassigned the Caps_Lock to Control_L key, but apparently doesn't reassign the Control_L key to Caps_Lock .... to some extent it should work ...

[Ray2047]

on my system it has successfully reassigned the Caps_Lock to Control_L key, but apparently doesn't reassign the Control_L key to Caps_Lock .... to some extent it should work ...

No, for me it just screws up the keyboard. Both Caps Lock key and Control-L become Caps lock. Really all I want to do is disable caps lock. Making it a Ctrl key was just an acceptable alternative.

I guess next step is to make a copy of /etc/X11/Xmodmap  and see if I can make a change in it.

[Leiche]

Will this work?
Add in /etc/X11/Xmodmap clear Lock ...

[Ray2047]

Will this work?
Add in /etc/X11/Xmodmap clear Lock ...

No, doesn't work. neither does remove lock = Caps_Lock or
remove Lock = Caps_Loc  
add Control = Caps_Loc

[Leiche]

Same result here...
All tips goes on this, but nothing work in PCLinuxOS 

[Ray2047]

Same result here...
All tips goes on this, but nothing work in PCLinuxOS 

Then it must be something Tex did.{LOL}

[Leiche]

Here comes the trick,
Try this in a terminal

Code:

xmodmap -pke > Xmodmap-my

then open it this kwrite under /home/<you>/Xmodmap-my
search for keycode  66 = Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock
remove only Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock
should look keycode  66 =
Save it, and try in terminal

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my

Here works, and by you?

[Ray2047]

Bingo! Yes,  Leiche that worked. Thank you very much.

Here comes the trick,
Try this in a terminal...

[Leiche]

Good to hear, that it work...

[Leiche]

to get it work by start up your session, add

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

it in a script on your autostart folder.

LXDE users can have it simpler, open lxautostart from lxdecc, or start>More Applications>Configuration>...

Click on Advanced button, OK button, and paste the follow command in the entry line.

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

Click on Ok, log out/in that's all 

[Ray2047]

to get it work by start up your session, add

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

it in a script on your autostart folder.

I may not understand correctly because it doesn't seem to work for me. I pasted

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

into a text editor and saved it as CapsLock_Disable.sh. Then I made it executable and added it to Auto start Up in KCC

[Leiche]

Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

into a text editor and saved it as CapsLock_Disable.sh. Then I made it executable and added it to Auto start Up in KCC

this is, what i mean with

to get it work by start up your session, add
Code:

xmodmap Xmodmap-my &

it in a script on your autostart folder.