I can disable Caps Lock in the GUI using following command:
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps But how can I disable it completely in the console, on a machine without X/GUI ?
- Check this out:wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Linux_console/…b166er– b166er2021-01-22 08:24:22 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 8:24
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dumpkeys | sed s/Caps_Lock/Control/ | loadkeys On Debian and alike, just putting XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps" in /etc/default/keyboard works for both the console and X11 -- provided that you have the console-setup package installed. Use the setupcon command to immediately re-load that file.
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XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps"to/etc/default/keyboardhas no effect. And I don't havedumpkeyscommand and cannot find package to install it on Debian.Martin Vegter– Martin Vegter2021-01-22 11:30:45 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 11:30 -
dumpkeysis part of thekbdpackage. I cannot test it right now, but I think thatsetupconreloads/etc/default/keyboard. If it doesn't, then just reboot ;-)user313992– user3139922021-01-22 11:34:13 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 11:34 - installed
kbd, but still don't havesetupconcommand. I have rebooted, but that did not help.Martin Vegter– Martin Vegter2021-01-22 11:38:37 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 11:38 - 1
setupconis part ofconsole-setup, not ofkbd. As I said, it'sdumpkeyswhich is part ofkbd. But they're both installed by default on Debian, anddumpkeys+loadkeysare present in any PC Linux distro I know of. If you stripped-down & "optimized" your system, you're in for a ride ;-) I wish you good-luck!user313992– user3139922021-01-22 13:40:26 +00:00Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 13:40
Have been struggling to find information on line about this. I went with creating a "custom keymap", as suggested by the Arch Wiki. My commands were something like:
zcat /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz > ~/personal.map vim ~/personal.map sudo cp ~/personal.map /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/ I used i386/qwerty/uk.map as a base because it was what I mostly wanted. It includes other maps meaning the file is much smaller than you'd get from dumpkeys. I only wanted to override a couple of modifier keys so this worked well for me.
You can verify it's getting recognized by running:
localectl list-keymaps | grep personal and then set it as default by running:
sudo localectl set-keymap personal 