Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

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I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?

You should be able to hack at the keyboard map - you can find them under `/usr/share/kbd/i386/include/linux-keys-bare.inc` and `/usr/share/kbd/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz` (on my system - depends on your architecture and keyboard layout). It goes without saying that this should be used as a last resort. — new123456, Nov 13 '11 at 02:52

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '11 at 09:06

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BAM, emacs wiki has the answer. Loadkeys does the trick.

answered Nov 13 '11 at 09:06

So8res

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Even though this question is for "without X", the link provided gives information for all kinds of setups, and I found the easy to do Gnome instructions via this – Karthik T Oct 05 '13 at 05:01

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '12 at 11:06

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Just for future reference, wiki of your distro had (or now has) you covered: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP

answered May 30 '12 at 11:06

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '11 at 02:29

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Yes, it should be possible. In this Arch Linux wiki page, there's a lengthy example of remapping a keyboard with xmodmap. In another Arch Linux discussion forum post, another user discusses his xmodmap configuration to disable the caps lock key. You should be able to remap your caps lock to control.

answered Nov 13 '11 at 02:29

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`xmodmap` won't work if X isn't enabled. – Keith Thompson Nov 13 '11 at 02:43
Keith Thompson is correct. I'm trying to remap without X, which is why I'm asking here - it's pretty hard to find a good resource on the net that doesn't suggest xmodmap. – So8res Nov 13 '11 at 04:07
Good point - overlooked the X mentioned in the question. – JW8 Nov 13 '11 at 20:45

Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

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