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I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?

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You should be able to hack at the keyboard map - you can find them under /usr/share/kbd/i386/include/linux-keys-bare.inc and /usr/share/kbd/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz (on my system - depends on your architecture and keyboard layout). It goes without saying that this should be used as a last resort. – new123456 Nov 13 '11 at 2:52
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BAM, emacs wiki has the answer. Loadkeys does the trick.

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Yes, it should be possible. In this Arch Linux wiki page, there's a lengthy example of remapping a keyboard with xmodmap. In another Arch Linux discussion forum post, another user discusses his xmodmap configuration to disable the caps lock key. You should be able to remap your caps lock to control.

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xmodmap won't work if X isn't enabled. – Keith Thompson Nov 13 '11 at 2:43
Keith Thompson is correct. I'm trying to remap without X, which is why I'm asking here - it's pretty hard to find a good resource on the net that doesn't suggest xmodmap. – Nate Nov 13 '11 at 4:07
Good point - overlooked the X mentioned in the question. – JW8 Nov 13 '11 at 20:45
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Just for future reference, wiki of your distro had (or now has) you covered: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP

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