setxkbmap setting seems to randomly reset

[grgoffe]

This system is a fully up-to-date Fedora 42 version... but the problem seems to exist in Fedora 41 and Fedora 43.

I'm an OLD solaris user who switched to Linux in the mid 1990s. As such, I got "used" to using the caps-lock key as an alternate ctrl key. This is where my problem resides.

Of all the window managers I've used, I like Window Maker the best and build frequently from a "git clone" of the WM repository at "git clone git://repo.or.cz/wmaker-crm.git".

Just recently (past 2–3 months) I have encountered a reversal of "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps". This happens randomly... it seems to appear during Firefox usage... I'm still gathering info. I opened a bug with setxkbmap at bugzilla.redhat.com "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368434".

Something is resetting the map. I ONLY use WM, I do not suspend or hibernate. The setxkbmap command is in my .bashrc so it resets itself whenever .bashrc runs.

I'm looking for clues, a culprit, a workaround and/or any help/hints/tips/suggestions to resolve this.

Could it be a WM problem? I don't know.

Please help.

Best regards,

George...

[gryf]

The only reason I could think of is the keyboard disconnect/reconnect. I had this annoying thing with loosing my settings when I connect new keyboard or reconnecting it, so that I've created udev rules for every keyboard I tend to use, which launch script with commands, including setxkbmap.

For sure it's not wmaker fault. I'd check with previous Fedora release to see if the issue is reproducible.