esc key not working

[voidplayer]

I use this to swap esc and caps lock keys:

setxkbmap -rules evdev -model evdev -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option caps:swapescape

some (non-source) games recognize the swapped key. Others dont but respect the old esc key.

in Portal 2 neither work. (neither esc nor swapped caps lock key). I have to alt + tab to bring the steam layout and after that caps. lock works to leave the layout (as I expect it to work)

Its pretty similar to other source games. Either respect my swapped key or dont... but make one of them work (preferably, respect my swapped key) :)

Thanks

[DrMcCoy]

Likewise, the game doesn't recognize my German keyboard layout.

Pressing a key in the key bindings options turns up the character that would be on the key if the keyboard were in US layout (i.e. ] instead of + for the key two places to the right of the p key).

(SDL_Scancode vs. SDL_Keycode issue?)

[ddevault]

Speaking up to add to the list of affected users. xmodmap foo where foo is this file: https://github.com/SirCmpwn/dotfiles/blob/master/scripts/keybindings

[9ary]

I worked around this myself by remapping the keys using udev itself. Here's my hwdb config:

evdev:input:*
 KEYBOARD_KEY_70039=esc
 KEYBOARD_KEY_70029=capslock

This should work in pretty much everything as it changes the keycodes reported by the kernel driver.
I also own a keyboard which lets me remap keys in firmware, which makes it work at an even lower level but it shouldn't be more reliable than this solution.

[voidplayer]

@Streetwalrus genious!

btw, for some reason evdev:input:* didnt worked for me, so i used this instead

keyboard:usb:*
 KEYBOARD_KEY_70039=esc
 KEYBOARD_KEY_70029=capslock