Try putting this in your xinitrc:
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 6:09 PM Bennett Stedwell <bstedwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been trying to swap ctrl to caps (mainly for emacs) and I've tried
> all the basics (dconf, xsession, and xinitrc) but none of them work.
>