also... you need to click 'options' :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > disable caps lock = menu -> prefrences -> keyboard prefrences (or however > you get to prefrences) > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > >> From: joe@actionline.com >> > How can I reprogram/neutralize that annoying et gu M$ key on a standard >> >> > keyboard? In the past, I have inadvertently hit that key and had it >> > lock up my Linux system. I don't know what it is for anyway >> >> Lock up? That's weird. It's usually mapped to a modifier key, one that >> is >> rarely used. If I type "xev" into a konsole and hit the 'Doze keys, I get >> Super_L and Super_R, which are mapped to Modifier 4, which does nothing. >> Your >> keyboard map may vary. >> >> You can remap a single key to another single key with xmodmap. If I >> wanted my >> Doze keys to do nothing, I'd do "xmodmap clear Mod4". >> >> > Also, I'd like to neutralize the equally annoying "Caps Lock" key which >> I >> > have *never* used >> >> xmodmap again. "xmodmap clear Lock" will make the caps lock key do >> nothing. >> You can use additional xmodmap commands to turn that key into another Ctrl >> key. >> >> Distros usually have something a bit friendlier that does similar things. >> In >> KDE4, it's System Settings -> Input Devices -> Keyboard -> Advanced , >> look at >> the Caps Lock and Alt/Win key settings. >> >> -- >> Matt G / Dances With Crows >> The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ >> There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >