Trouble swapping Ctrl/Alt [SOLVED]

When I go to KDE's System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard > Advanced, I try "Ctrl key position: Swap Left Alt Key With Left Ctrl Key". Nothing happens, Ctrl and Alt still do the same thing as before. This is a fresh Arch/KDE install so I may have neglected to install/configure something, but I haven't had any other keyboard problems.
EDIT: This problem seems to have gone away on its own. I guess an update fixed it?
Last edited by YAOMTC (2014-10-18 20:21:35)

Solved! Someone in #kde linked me to this:
http://superuser.com/questions/116376/c … alt-in-kde
Run setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp -xkb -o original.xkb -
Then copy original.xkb to switch-LALT-LCTL.xkb. Keep the file original.xkb as a backup, better remove write permission.
Edit switch-LALT-LCTL.xkb in the block xkb_keycodes and exchange the keycodes for LALT and LCTL.
Run xkbcomp switch-LALT-LCTL.xkb $DISPLAY to active your new layout. Run xkbcomp original.xkb $DISPLAY to restore the old one.
These instructions suffice for modification on any level of sophistication. The keyboard description file is just structured text, after all.
It worked for me! Not sure why System Settings couldn't do it but oh well.
EDIT: This resets every startup for some reason, so put that last line of code in a shell script and told KDE to run that script on startup.
Last edited by YAOMTC (2014-09-26 21:02:04)

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