I am using an external keyboard on my laptop and the Super key doesn't work. The laptop's keyboard works just fine, every key is regularly detected.
I tried using xinput
to debug this issue. Here you can see the output of xinput list
, the device I am having issues with is the Cooler Master Technology Inc. MasterKeys Pro L White.
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Bluetooth Mouse id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Chicony USB 2.0 Camera: Chicony id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Cooler Master Technology Inc. MasterKeys Pro L White id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Cooler Master Technology Inc. MasterKeys Pro L White id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
I tried running xinput test-xi2 12
to see if the events from the keyboard where issued. All keys are working except for the super keys. I tested the keyboard with my desktop PC and all keys are working fine.
I am running Ubuntu 16.04.5 with kernel version 4.13.0-45-generic, Unity as Desktop Environment and Compiz as Windows Manager.
Best Answer
Make sure you didn't disable the super key from the keyboard. I have CM Storm Quickfire TK, everything works fine. I can enable gaming mode on the keyboard, and thus disable the super key altogether.