Disappearing WIN key

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

David,

Em Sáb 02 Jun 2007, David Corbin escreveu:
> I have several application shortcuts for WIN-x.  I have a problem where the
> WIN  key stops being recognized after a while (last time, it worked for
> about 8 hours or so.  If I stop and start a new session, it goes back to
> working... for a while.
>
> When I say "stops being recognized", I mean I press WIN-K and "k" will show
> up if the focus in in konsole window.
>
> I tried xev and I *think* X still recognizes the WIN key.

If this is what I think, it's due to a very old bug in xorg that has not been 
fixed till now. This bug affects Gnome and others GUIs too, not only KDE. 
However, if it is the case, the win key is not seen at all by X when it's not 
working. For example, Win+A produces only A.
As a workaround, you can add the following line in the InputDevice section of 
your xorg.conf:
Option      "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win"

This, however, will have the collateral effect of making your ALT Gr key (the 
right ALT) work like a normal ALT key. If you do need ALT Gr, you can try 
this:
Option      "XkbOptions" "altwin:left_meta_win"

With this workaround, however, only the left Win key works. Maybe someone more 
knowledgeable in X can come up with a workaround that keep both ALT Gr and 
the right Win key working.

[]'s
Marcelo
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