I don't understand scripts or how to make them or how to run them. All I want to do is run the command xmodmap -e "keycode 112 = Delete" when my computer starts. When I run this command in terminal, it remaps the PgDn key to be a second Delete key. But then I have to run it again every time I start the computer. How can I do this? I've tried adding it as a line in the rc.local file but it doesn't work.
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Aditya
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You can make it run at boot by adding it in startup applications. Open startup applications from the dash. Click 'Add' and put xmodmap -e "keycode 112 = Delete" in the 'Command' field. Give it a name and comment if you want. Click 'Add' and login again.
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for opening startup manager from Terminal , you can use this command :
gnome-session-properties– Mehdi Maghrouni May 02 '14 at 19:25
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Seth's solution is a high-level solution that works fine as long as you don't change the desktop environment to something more exotic. To be on the secure side you might want to choose a method that acts at a lower level:
Open up a terminal (CTRL + ALT + T) and execute the following command:
echo "xmodmap -e \"keycode 112 = Delete"\" >> $HOME/.bashrc
This appends xmodmap -e "keycode 112 = Delete" to your .bashrc file and thus executes it on each login.
Edit: As Mik pointed out this might not be the best way of setting xmodmap up. See here for a better method.
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~/.bashrcis not read at startup when you login withlightdm, but~/.profileis; so you could put it in there, or better still do what I suggested here. – Jan 08 '13 at 14:16 -
@Mik I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing it out. I edited my answer accordingly. – Glutanimate Jan 08 '13 at 14:32
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xmodmapcommands there is another way of doing it: see my answer here, but placing it in startup applications is fine as well, as has been suggested. – Jan 08 '13 at 14:02