Made a mistake and didn't send the following message to the list: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anders Engström Date: 2009/7/26 Subject: Re: [xmonad] xmonad on linux - modMask issues To: Michael Campbell Hello. Not really an xmonad issue, but my xmodmap gives me the following modifier information for mod4: mod4        Super_L (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf) Where 0x85 = 113. I already had both added, but if I cleared it and added Super_L both of them were added. So try the following: xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L" If that doesn't work, try: xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = Super_L" xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L" Hope that works for you. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 04:45, Michael Campbell wrote:

Rank newbie here, so apologies if this isn't the right forum.

I have just installed xmonad on an Ubuntu box using a keyboard with a "Windows" key.   The basic problem is I can't get the modMask settings correct, so I am quite unable to manipulate xmonad.

Here's what I have, and have done.  I'm sure there is a simple fix for those more familiar with some of this, but it eludes me.

* I've set my "modMask" to "mod4Mask".

* xmodmap shows:

...

xmodmap xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e) lock        Caps_Lock (0x42) control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69) mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0xcd) mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4        Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf) mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)

Note that mod4 shows "Super_L", and that "0xce" is decimal 206.

When I run xev and hit my Windows key, I get:

KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,     root 0xc9, subw 0x0, time 25223274, (174,261), root:(2935,412),     state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:     XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001,     root 0xc9, subw 0x0, time 25223351, (174,261), root:(2935,412),     state 0x50, keycode 133 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:     XFilterEvent returns: False

So it is showing up as "Super_L", but with a keycode of 133 instead of 0Xce (206).

What incantation of xmodmap must I utter to get things set up so xmonad can "see" the modMask correctly when I chord with the Windows key?

Many thanks,

Michael

-- Twitter: http://twitter.com/campbellmichael

_______________________________________________ xmonad mailing list xmonad@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/xmonad