From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: angelomolina--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key. Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:14:55 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <87o82ayaeg.fsf@yahoo.com> <87mthuqd23.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <40ae7298e745278694117b7b84406d7339e0e66b.camel@adminart.net> Reply-To: angelomolina@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35763"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 14 18:16:04 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nToId-00098P-UN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:16:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52958 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nToIc-0005j5-Fc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34956) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nToHm-0005ic-Gu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:47084) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nToHb-0004Lo-Rq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2DBFA0302; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:14:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1647278095; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=LEf5TVZl06GznPEq65RCJ2L8BK7g+sP69OShsmRcsk0=; b=IHERzuCncoii3251QXDjHuths0V9xb51LBmGvvxwWWE87C+gS4ERZiW4moZYfxmK Hxh7nG5tLAS6N6Nl31QVjtl6whgmsOojZpPa/ZUZABVp90xSLqnmcPdaxV82hdD7eaf GVrtgrZOtV64FXGsnUfygK3wCsH7c/e0f23+HccPn4M0Q82TNGi/6QvvVBy8uamWQ5K co7nADaRjd4vl71ozx7VYvawqRrrNJ+sfiG1zKMYAhyXgDFkUIXHp9XwVbUKEWQ+dHn njdigBmHKJLcLShu0cvufPDVIq34yjI1kwPR+WrlShrssQRh+1l031TPs58kMrVp5zK Ux3yHs2ixQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=angelomolina@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:136540 Archived-At: Mar 14, 2022, 15:52 by tomas@tuxteam.de: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 04:04:49PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > >> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:19 PM >> > From: "hw" >> > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> > Subject: Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key. >> > >> > >> > Maybe this is a BIOS setting which makes it so that the key >> > you are trying to use is used for a FN key like some laptops >> > have, or disabled for some reason. >> >> It could well be. Dell could have done this from reading >> >> https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000116152/how-to-enable-the-ubu= ntu-super-key-on-dell-oem-ubuntu-installations >> >> One can set the Keyboard Model to "Generic 104-key PC" using "Keyboard P= references". >> This has the Super-Key in place of the Win-Key. But the Win-Key does not= seen to >> communicate the presses when using xev. >> >> The Fn-Key is on another key, next to the Win-Key, making me unlikely to= think >> that it is being used as FN. >> > > FWIW, my installation generates X events also for the Fn key: > I do not get X events for Fn-Key either.=C2=A0 Am starting to think it is a= restriction from Dell. Could anybody confirm? > KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001, > root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 18886981, (-13,41), root:(437,157), > state 0x0, keycode 151 (keysym 0x1008ff2b, XF86WakeUp), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 bytes:=20 > XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:=20 > XFilterEvent returns: False > =20 > KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001, > root 0x167, subw 0x0, time 18886991, (-13,41), root:(437,157), > state 0x0, keycode 151 (keysym 0x1008ff2b, XF86WakeUp), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 bytes:=20 > XFilterEvent returns: False > > YMMV. > > Cheers > --=20 > t >