Re: [gdm-list] working around a broken shift key

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Yan:

If you put such calls in the /etc/X11/gdm/Init or /etc/X11/gdm/PreLogin
scripts, that might work.

Brian


> Is there a way to set up a global xmodmap that works for gdm?
>
> I'm trying to work around a broken shift key (it gets stuck in the down 
> position), so I'm using
>
> xmodmap -e "clear shift"
> xmodmap -e "add shift = Shift_L"
>
> in my users' .xinitrc
>
> The problem is that if the shift key gets stuck on the login prompt, 
> noone can log in....
>
> So I need to turn it off for gdm as well.
>
> I've tried adding the above lines in
>
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>
> but it seems that it fails as X isn't running yet.
>
> So...  Where do I put the above lines so that they take effect with gdm 
> as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Yan