Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

Question

I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '11 at 09:06

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BAM, emacs wiki has the answer. Loadkeys does the trick.

answered Nov 13 '11 at 09:06

So8res

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '12 at 11:06

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Just for future reference, wiki of your distro had (or now has) you covered: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP

answered May 30 '12 at 11:06

Chris Kempson

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '11 at 02:29

Yes, it should be possible. In this Arch Linux wiki page, there's a lengthy example of remapping a keyboard with xmodmap. In another Arch Linux discussion forum post, another user discusses his xmodmap configuration to disable the caps lock key. You should be able to remap your caps lock to control.

Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

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