Bug 7008

Summary:	Win modifier key doesn't always work as a modifier
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Steve Meyers <steve-xorg>
Component:	Input/Keyboard	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	major
Priority:	high	CC:	jesserayadkins, mnowak, ralston
Version:	7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Steve Meyers 2006-05-24 01:01:08 UTC

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in graphically (I'm using KDE, but I confirmed it in Gnome as well)
2. Use a key combination including the Win key (e.g. Win+L)
3. If it doesn't reproduce, log out and go to step 1 until it does (it should
about 1/2 to 2/3 of the time)
  
Actual results:

L

Expected results:

Win+L

Additional info:

In the attached xev log, I did the following (and separated each out with extra
white space):

 - 2
 - Win (left)
 - Win+2
 - Alt
 - Alt+2

As you can see, the Win key is not changing the modifier state -- it's still
0x10.  It should be 0x50.  The Alt key works correctly, changing the state to 0x18.

Comment 1 Steve Meyers 2006-05-24 01:02:02 UTC

You can see the xev log file here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=128631

Comment 2 James Ralston 2006-07-06 08:44:46 UTC

I've seen this once or twice as well, but for me the problem rarely occurs.

Note that it's trivial to work around the problem with xmodmap.  In a terminal, run:

xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Super_L"

(Keycode 115 should be the Win key on a standard 104-key PC keyboard, but if
you're using some funky keyboard, you should use xev to confirm that keycode 115
is the correct one.)

Comment 3 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:32:09 UTC

Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.

Comment 4 Michal Nowak 2008-09-09 01:59:12 UTC

Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239409
Version -> 7.4 (Fedora 9)
OS -> All (Seen on FreeBSD)

Comment 5 Jesse Adkins 2010-11-26 17:53:02 UTC

Works for me using xserver 1.9 and Ubuntu 10.10. I'm assuming this bug has been fixed, so I'm closing it. Reopen if it hasn't.

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