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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 155002] New: Win key stops acting as modifier key
From:       Ian Petts <ipetts () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-01-03 0:01:10
Message-ID: 20080103010109.155002.ipetts () gmail ! com
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           Summary: Win key stops acting as modifier key
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: keys
        AssignedTo: ellis kde org
        ReportedBy: ipetts gmail com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
OS:                Linux

I am encountering an intermittent problem with the "Windows" modifier key under KDE.

I frequently use Amarok and the associated Win-key combinations (Play/Pause = Win-C, \
Volume = Win-KP_+/- etc) and tend to notice first that these have stopped working, \
although then when I try other KDE global Win-key combinations these have also \
stopped working.

In what appears to be a similar problem to bug 78045 \
(http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78045), I can go into the Control Centre -> \
Keyboard Shortcuts -> Global Shortcuts and attempt to assign Win-anything to a \
selected action. Upon pressing (and holding down) the Win key "Win+" appears in the \
Primary Shortcut box, but when pressing the combo-key with the Win key still held \
down the Win+ disappears and I get only the bare character key; so holding down Win \
and pressing 'C' leaves me with a bare 'C' as the shortcut.

Logging out and back into KDE _sometimes_ resolves the issue, and on at least one \
occasion the problem has resolved itself while "playing around" in the KDE keyboard \
shortcuts, although I am unsure of exactly what settings were changed to fix the \
problem. (Resetting everything back to defaults after playing around does not appear \
to either fix or cause the problem).

The problem also seems to occur at random, with the key combinations working one \
minute and seemingly not working the next. I can confirm though that there are no \
changes to the key mapping settings between a working and non-working configuration. \
It happens of it's own accord, although Amarok has been running each time, so it may \
somehow be related.

I am using a Dell Optiplex GX280 with USB keyboard, in case that makes a difference.


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