Changing XKB options without being root

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Sat Nov 4 17:02:33 PST 2006


On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:51:29AM +1100, Clarence Dang wrote:
> Let's suppose root has enabled an XKB option...:
> 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> 
> ~~~~
> Section "InputDevice"
> [...]
>        Option      "XkbOptions" "numpad:microsoft"
> EndSection
> ~~~~
> 
> ... and I'm a mere (non-root) user who wants to turn that option off.
> Or turn another option on.
> 
> What's the command to do that?  I would prefer to use a non-GUI app
> e.g. not kxkb.

setxkbmap -option ''
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
etc.

Cheers,
Daniel
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