Win key not working

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

More info on this problem:

The win key does not work properly because of a bug in xorg. Adding the 
following line to keyboard configuration section in xorg.conf:
Option          "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win"

should solve the problem (and it does), but then the AltGr key stops working 
as 3rd level modifier. However, the two winkeys work.

adding the line:
Option          "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win,lv3:ralt_switch"

should solve both problems, but it doesn't due to another (or it's the same?) 
bug in xorg. This bug is old and, while I was researching it, I saw a message 
from a Debian maintainer stating that it would be solved soon. But the message 
was from oct/2004 and it looks like it has not been solved yet.
The win key bug is in xorg's bugzilla as NEW (jul/2006) and it seems the 
developers won't give it attention... I suggest you add your comments there 
and vote on this bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7008

However, while we wait for a fix, adding the line:
Option          "XkbOptions" "altwin:left_meta_win"

may be used as a workaround. With this line, the left win key and AltGr work, 
but the right one may or may not work.

[]'s
Marcelo
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