My typing depends on Ctrl being immediately to the left of A, and once a month or so want to lock capitals. So every computer I've owned has had CapsLock swapped with left Ctrl. Unfortunately (i) I'm a permanent NooB so I don't understand what I'm doing, and (ii) when I set up my current computer a couple of days ago this was five long years after I'd set up its predecessor, so I had no memory of what I'd done back then.
Eventually I found ~/.config/autostart/Adjust keyboard.desktop , which reads
This -- possibly in conjunction with some modification elsewhere that I now don't remember -- works perfectly and consistently on my old (MX 19) system. But it's rather a different story on my new (MX 23) system.
After a restart, Adjust keyboard.desktop works reliably to swap CapsLock and left Ctrl. (It doesn't affect right Ctrl.) I'm happy with this. After the system has been woken from suspension/sleep, however, the key swapping may either
I imagine that the choice between an (A) and a (B) result depends on the state the computer was in when I hit the "Suspend" option, but I haven't been able to deduce any pattern to it.
Here's the new system:
Suggestions?
Eventually I found ~/.config/autostart/Adjust keyboard.desktop , which reads
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[Desktop Entry]Encoding=UTF-8Version=0.9.4Type=ApplicationName=Adjust keyboardComment=swap CapsLock and CtrlExec=/bin/sh -c "sleep 3; setxkbmap -option '' -option 'ctrl:swapcaps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp' ; "'notify-send --icon=preferences-desktop-keyboard "Remapped CapsLock" "$(setxkbmap -query)"'OnlyShowIn=XFCE;RunHook=0StartupNotify=falseTerminal=falseHidden=falseAfter a restart, Adjust keyboard.desktop works reliably to swap CapsLock and left Ctrl. (It doesn't affect right Ctrl.) I'm happy with this. After the system has been woken from suspension/sleep, however, the key swapping may either
- work perfectly (swapping the two keys as I want), or
- only half work, so that both the "CapsLock" key and the left "Ctrl" key work as CapsLock.
I imagine that the choice between an (A) and a (B) result depends on the state the computer was in when I hit the "Suspend" option, but I haven't been able to deduce any pattern to it.
Here's the new system:
Code:
System: Kernel: 6.5.0-1mx-ahs-amd64 [6.5.3-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-1mx-ahs-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_ahs_x64 Libretto October 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21JRCTO1WW v: ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: LENOVO model: 21JRCTO1WW v: ThinkPad serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: R2CET32W (1.14) date: 11/27/2023Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.1/47.0 Wh (104.6%) volts: 13.1 min: 11.3 model: COSMX LNV-5B11K63024 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 2CPU: Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 7330U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000D Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1259 high: 2537 min/max: 400/4388 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1513 2: 2019 3: 400 4: 400 5: 2537 6: 400 7: 400 8: 2403 bogomips: 36730 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: retbleed status: Not affected Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET, no microcode Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affectedGraphics: Device-1: AMD Barcelo vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15e7 class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b7b9 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.00x12.48") s-diag: 599mm (23.57") Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0a35 built: 2021 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 161 gamma: 1.2 size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480 API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.0-1mx-ahs-amd64) direct-render: YesAudio: Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480 Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k6.5.0-1mx-ahs-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctlNetwork: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 0bda:4853 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephonyDrives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 14.5 GiB (3.0%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 73116101 temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPTPartition: ID-1: / raw-size: 52.44 GiB size: 51.31 GiB (97.86%) used: 11.72 GiB (22.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 ID-3: /home raw-size: 424.25 GiB size: 416.51 GiB (98.17%) used: 2.78 GiB (0.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swapSensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0Repos: Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2213 libs: 1146 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 1: deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/Linux/MX-Linux-Packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free 2: deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/Linux/MX-Linux-Packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahsInfo: Processes: 283 Uptime: 1h 14m wakeups: 4276 Memory: 14.46 GiB used: 2.17 GiB (15.0%) Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26Boot Mode: UEFIStatistics: Posted by microcord — Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:26 pm