How do I disable the capslock key?

Hi,
My fingers are just too big. I keep on unwittingly turning on capslock while typing. Does anyone know how I can disable this key on Linux? It is poor design to have a key like this (used very little during normal typing) be so large and easily hit. I think it is a holdover from ancient days when Neanderthals typed in caves.

Jon

 

Try putting:

Code:

remove Lock      = Caps_Lock

in /etc/X11/Xmodmap

and restart.

 

Hi,

Thanks but it doesn't work on my machine.

Jon

 

I have this in a file called .xmodmap (note the dot at the start of that filename) in my home directory:

Code:

clear lock
keycode 66 = NoSymbol Caps_Lock
add lock = Caps_Lock

This causes CapsLock on iis own to do nothing, buut Shift-Capslock works instead.

 

Thanks, this works. But the name of the file in /home/user must be .Xmodmap

Jon

 

I just wrote it off the top of my head. OK, just tested it out:

Code:

remove Lock      = Caps_Lock

works, but Linpus is setup not to load the global Xmodmap file in /etc/X11, where as all standard Unix/Linux systems does. On a more standard Unix/Linux system, /etc/X11/Xmodmap is used to modify the keymap system wide, where as ~/.Xmodmap is for per user modifications.

Another strike against Linpus.