TL;DR I have a configuration for remapping keys in xkb, which I think should work. setxkbmap reads it without error, but there's no effect.
I'm trying to remap my numpad keys to navigation keys. I used to use xmodmap with the following configuration:
keycode 79 = Insert NoSymbol Insert keycode 80 = Home NoSymbol Home keycode 81 = Prior NoSymbol Prior keycode 83 = Delete NoSymbol Delete keycode 84 = End NoSymbol End keycode 85 = Next NoSymbol Next But after switching to a new system (Fedora 40) I noticed that it doesn't work. A quick search gave m the reason why: the new systems are using xkb and while I might still use xmodmap, it's config will be overwritten by xkb.
After some trying I came up with the following config:
partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "num_independent" { key <KP7> { [ KP_Insert, KP_Insert ] }; key <KP8> { [ KP_Home, KP_Home ] }; key <KP9> { [ KP_Prior, KP_Prior ] }; key <KP4> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Delete ] }; key <KP5> { [ KP_End, KP_End ] }; key <KP6> { [ KP_Next, KP_Next ] }; }; Saved it to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/numnav, then added numnav:num_independent = +numnav(num_independent) to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev uder ! option = symbols. Also added the following to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst under ! option:
numnav Using NumPad keys as navigation keys numnav:num_independent NumPad keys behaving as navigation keys regardless of NumLock status Finally setxkbmap -v 10 -option 'numnav:num_independent' confirmed that the new config was read without error. Here's the output:
Setting verbose level to 10 WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an Xwayland server locale is C Trying to load rules file ./rules/evdev... Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev... Success. Applied rules from evdev: rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: us options: numnav:num_independent Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: evdev+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc+us+inet(evdev)+numnav(num_independent) geometry: pc(pc105) Sadly, the changes made no effect.
So I tried another possibility for /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/numnav:
partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "num_independent" { replace key <KP7> { [ KP_Insert], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; replace key <KP8> { [ KP_Home], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; replace key <KP9> { [ KP_Prior], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; replace key <KP4> { [ KP_Delete], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; replace key <KP5> { [ KP_End], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; replace key <KP6> { [ KP_Next], type[group1] = "ONE_LEVEL" }; }; here also setxkbmap doesn't retur any error, but there's no effect. What I'm doing wrong?
