I'm using Lubuntu 19.04 with LXQt
I'm trying to remap the Caps-Lock and Escape keys. I have found the commands I needed to make that happen and I've made an executable script for them. If I run the script, it works; the problem is that I can't find the way to run the script on boot.
Here is my script, which is located in /usr/local/bin/
:
#!/bin/bash
setxkbmap -option caps:none
xmodmap -e "keycode 9 = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Escape"
Now, I have already tried with a cron
job, running:
crontab -e
@reboot /usr/local/bin/my_script
I also tried running the previous command as sudo
, with:
sudo crontab -e
or for my specific user:`
sudo crontab -u user -e
I gave up using cron
and tried adding the specific commands to /etc/init.d/rc.local
and making the file executable using chmod
, as I had to create the file.
Also, I tried adding it on /etc/rc.local
.
What can I do to make this work?
Best Answer
create a file named
swap.desktop
or any name with.desktop
extension in the directory/etc/xdg/autostart/
with the below content and reboot to see the change..Tested in Lubuntu 18.04
Further Reading:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/xdg-autostart.1.html
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/0.5/ar01s02.html