Customize keyboard

[chejose]

I recently bought a new keyboard, and the "Insert" key is in a very bothersome place. I often hit it by mistake, and have then to go back and correct what I was working on.

I remember when I used Windows that there was a little program that allowed you to program the keys... for example, change "Insert" to "shift".

Would there be such a thing for ubuntu - Gnome?

I am running the 7.10 version.

Thanks,

José

[Tiemen]

Have you tried System-Preferences-Keyboard Shortcuts,??
Tim

[chejose]

I looked at it, but did not see anything that could affect the "Insert" key. I may have missed something, but am still where I was.

Thanks

José

[Urinemachine]

If you do find out how to do what you want, please let me know! I use a Mac keyboard on my PC and the Windows button and Alt button the left side are flip flopped on the Macs logic, so in windows I use a key remapper so I can ALT+D (address bar in firefox) and ALT+TAB more normally. In Ubuntu, I can't figure out how to do this!

[Forlong]

Create your own Xmodmap:

xmodmap -pke > $HOME/.Xmodmap

then open it in a text editor, e.g.

gedit $HOME/.Xmodmap

Look for Insert and change it to something else.
E.g. changing Insert to Menu will open the context menu, every time you press the insert button.
To test the change, simply run

xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap

[chejose]

Your solution sounds good, but when I try it I get permission denied. Even using sudo.
So I tried using su, but it would not accept my password.. "authentication failure".
This is the first time I have tried to enter code and it was denied.

Any suggestion?

Thanks, José

[Forlong]

Which of the commands gave you permission denied?


P.S. never use sudo on a command that doesn't require it (and you know it does)!

[chejose]

OK.., with sudo su the code was accepted.But this time it said home/.xmodmap no such file or directory

[Forlong]

You are not supposed to replace $HOME with /home

Just use the commands as they are.

[chejose]

Well, I am afraid that I am a bit slow on using code, but as I fussed with it, it now works. So many thanks for solving a frustrating problem.

José