xinitrc

[majest]

I can't seem to get my keybindings working on a fresh install of LMDE UP9.

My .xinitrc file is as follows:

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if [ -s ~/.Xmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
fi

and my .Xmodmap is thus:

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keycode 62 = Mode_switch
keycode 105 = Mode_switch
keycode 116 = Down NoSymbol Next
keycode 111 = Up NoSymbol Prior
keycode 113 = Left NoSymbol Home
keycode 114 = Right NoSymbol End

The purpose of these changes is to make right-shift + up/down arrow keys behave as page up/down.

[majest]

I can't seem to get my keybindings working on a fresh install of LMDE UP9 MATE. My .xinitrc file is as follows:

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if [ -s ~/.Xmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
fi

and .Xmodmap is thus:

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keycode 62 = Mode_switch
keycode 105 = Mode_switch
keycode 116 = Down NoSymbol Next
keycode 111 = Up NoSymbol Prior
keycode 113 = Left NoSymbol Home
keycode 114 = Right NoSymbol End

It used to work on my old LM Maya install. THanks for any help!

[majest]

I have been searching on the internet and apparantly this is quite a common problem.

There does not appear to be a solution - I have tried putting a custom startup command: sleep 10 && xmodmap /home/myself/.Xmodmap but this doesn't work. The only thing that works is manually typing xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap from a bash shell once I have logged in. It is quite annoying, it seems this should be eminently fixable! Please help

[kurotsugi]

I don't know whether if xinitrc is still working or not :3
AFAIK it's now replaced with /etc/rc.local

[majest]

I don't know whether if xinitrc is still working or not :3
AFAIK it's now replaced with /etc/rc.local

I can confirm that editing rc.local does not work. Any other ideas? I'm really desperate

[majest]

Please help me people - my life is falling apart over this...

[majest]

The solution is found. It's shocking, get ready.

Create a new item in Preferences -> Startup Applications with the following command:

/bin/bash -c "sleep 10; /usr/bin/xmodmap /home/username/.Xmodmap"

I don't know why it needs to sleep or why absolute paths are needed. It just works (c).

[majest]

Another necessary hack for the startup applications: /bin/bash -c "sleep 10; xset s 0 0 s noblank dpms 0 0 0 -dpms"

This stops XFCE from blanking the screen every 10 minutes.