Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:47:26 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: hartzell@alerce.com, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few questions about gnome 2.22 Message-ID: <18417.27134.961101.968789@almost.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <1206934499.52404.27.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <18413.10549.77484.561888@almost.alerce.com> <1206934499.52404.27.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke writes: > On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:21 -0700, George Hartzell wrote: > > > > [...] > > On my keyboard the key just to the left of my left pinky is labeled > > 'caps lock' and functions as a caps lock. I'd rather have it be a > > control key. I've changed the text console to take care of it. In > > gnome, I use the System->Preferences->Keyboard dialog box, Layouts > > tab, Layout Options dialog to change the 'Ctrl key position' from > > Default to 'Swap Ctrl and CapsLock', which fixes it. BUT, when I exit > > the X session and restart it the capslock key is a capslock key > > again. When I get back to that dialog the 'Swap Ctrl and CapsLock' > > radio button is still selected. If I choose 'Default' and then > > 'Swap...' I'm back in business until I log out. Then I have to do it > > again. > > This might be a product of the upgrade. Try creating a new user, and > see if the problem occurs for them. If so, I'd file a GNOME bug (if one > doesn't already exist). If not, you may have to go into gconf-editor, > and unset a lot of the keyboard keys to get things working again. This happens with a newly created user, with no X or gnome related stuff in their home directory (except the .xinitrc that starts gnome). I don't see anything relevant in the gnome bugzilla, I'll dig more and file something if necessary. Thanks, g.
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