I'm trying to make the Insert key on my keyboard (i know from xev that it has keycode 118) work like a ctrl key ... since my stupid keyboard does not have a ctrl key on the right, just the left.
I created this ~/.Xmodmap file:
keycode 118 = Control_R
add Control = Control_R
After I do xmodmap ~./Xmodmap (or logout/login), I can verify that the modifiers should be set
> xmodmap -pm
xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69), Control_R (0x76)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x6c), Meta_L (0xcd)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf)
mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb)
But! The Insert key behavior hasn't changed! Nothing's changed. Any suggestions on how to track down the problem? I'm running openSUSE 11.3 with GNOME.
With the settings as above, xev gives the following on Insert keypress:
KeyRelease event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
root 0x15d, subw 0x0, time 509578019, (168,-15), root:(173,475),
state 0x4, keycode 118 (keysym 0xffe4, Control_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
