Inactive windows key

[Sébastien Kalt <skalt@throka.org>]

Hi,

I'm having a weird problem with my windows key : it seems to be
inactive, that is I can't use it in a keyborad shortcut as before,
like W+x to launch a terminal.

Last september my hard drive crashed, so I installed an aptosid
(http://aptosid.com/) instead of my previous Debian Sid. I installed
my old conf files for openbox, which include keybord shortcuts that
worked, like (in rc.xml) :

<keybind key="W-x">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>urxvt</command>
      </action>
</keybind>

But it doesn't work anymore. If I use <keybind key="A-x"> instead,
alt+x launches my terminal, but it interferes whith emacs.

I searched, I tried different commands, searched in configuration
files for X and others, but I didn't manage to find a solution.

Here is my /etc/default/keyboard :

# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE

# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="fr"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

BACKSPACE="guess"

Using xev, here is the output for left alt :

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15031881, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15032001, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Left alt + x :

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15050057, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15050121, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x18, keycode 53 (keysym 0x78, x), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (78) "x"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (78) "x"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15050193, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x18, keycode 53 (keysym 0x78, x), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (78) "x"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15050273, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Windows key :

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15033833, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15033969, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Windows key + w :

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15053337, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyPress event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15053401, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 52 (keysym 0x77, w), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (77) "w"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (77) "w"
    XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15053488, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 52 (keysym 0x77, w), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (77) "w"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001,
    root 0xb5, subw 0x0, time 15053513, (95,90), root:(1376,114),
    state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Does anyone have an idea ?

Sebastien