[Bug 67781] Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-23 Thread Daniel Aborg
Public bug reported: Hi, I'd like to use my Windows key as a Super key, and it seems to not be set up for that in my dist. When I run xev, the Windows key is reported as "Select". Same when I try to bind it in e.g. the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog. I've found some other bugs which seem to be simila

[Bug 67781] Re: Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-25 Thread Daniel Aborg
Here's the output of gconftool: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd layouts = [] model = generic options = [] overrideSettings = true -- Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super" https://launchpad.net/bugs/67781 -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 67781] Re: Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-25 Thread Daniel Aborg
I'm now sure how to find out what key is configured to gnome-window- properties for the move action. When I run "gnome-window-properties" I get a dialog saying "Window manager "beryl" has not registered a configuration tool". (I'm running Beryl.) -- Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than

[Bug 67781] Re: Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-26 Thread Daniel Aborg
My apologies, I didn't realize the window manager would have an effect on how the keyboard is interpreted. I will raise a bug with the Beryl project as well. I've turned off Beryl completely and after restarting gdm I get a slightly improved behaviour: xev now reports Super_L for the Windows key,

[Bug 67781] Re: Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-27 Thread Daniel Aborg
Ok, it turned out I had xserver-glx from Beryl installed. I've uninstalled it and installed the Ubuntu xserver-glx and the keyboard mapping is working better now, although I seem to have lost the keyboard I had before. Is there any way to rerun the keyboard detection code that's used when installin

[Bug 67781] Re: Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super"

2006-10-27 Thread Daniel Aborg
Right, after purging and reinstalling all xserver packages and gdm, and dpkg-reconfiguring the xserver, the keyboard mapping is working properly. Thanks for your help. -- Windows Key gets mapped as "Select" rather than "Super" https://launchpad.net/bugs/67781 -- desktop-bugs mailing list deskt