Re: How to enable the windows key on a dell laptop?

[Kai Hildebrandt <kai.hildebrandt@onlinehome.de>]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:53:14 -0500
Angelina Carlton <brat@magma.ca> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have a Dell inspiron 8200 and would like enable the windows key at
> the bottom left of the kb, inbetween fn and alt.
> 
> I installed xkeymap but it does not have maps for dell laptop kb's.
> The closest was "PC 104 wide delete, short enter" which isnt quite
> right but it does have a windows key, when i tap the key in xkeymap 
> it lights up yellow as key "73" so i save that keymap to 
> ~/.xmodmap.hostname 
> 
> I dont know though if gdm reads that when i log into xfce4, but the
> key still wont work. 
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
Debian does NOT read $HOME/.Xmodmap by default.

You have to create new startup file:

# /etc/X11/Xsession.d/40xcustom_load-xmodmap

SYSMODMAP=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
USRMODMAP=$HOME/.Xmodmap

if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ]; then
    if [ -f $SYSMODMAP ]; then
	xmodmap $SYSMODMAP
    fi
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ]; then
    if [ -f $USRMODMAP ]; then
	xmodmap $USRMODMAP
    fi
fi
#EOF


This file is sourced by a shell script so it does not need to be
executable.


Regards
  Kai