On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 04:04:49PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:19 PM
> > From: "hw" <hw@adminart.net>
> > 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-ubuntu-super-key-on-dell-oem-ubuntu-installations
> 
> One can set the Keyboard Model to "Generic 104-key PC" using "Keyboard Preferences".
> 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:

  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: 
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
      XFilterEvent returns: False
  
  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: 
      XFilterEvent returns: False

YMMV.

Cheers
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t