Joe, please always remind us what Operating System and version you are using when you ask these kinds of questions.  You should not get nearly so many answers that are across the board and not aimed at your environment.  For example, if you are running Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity, the Super key (windows key) should bring up the Dash but that is not what would happen if you had installed Cinnamon or if you were running Fedora for example.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:
I won't argue that, but you're subject to high variability in driver support from hardware vs. driver vs. monitor support and bugginess across versions of all of them.  I've seen all kinds of wacky things in different monitor combinations in gnome/unity/compiz in long-term production use as every workstation i own.  Joe's problem isn't entirely uncommon with unity and certain invoked glitzy functions.

Additionally, since being on 12.04 various new and annoying (at best, worst hard crash) features have been added in unity upgrades numerous times, remapping new key functions for exciting random fits of aggravation.  I've wasted too much time figuring out what changed and slipped in new (mostly the damn lens features that remapped the alt key at least twice on me).

Unity is much more tolerable when disabled/gutted switching to metacity.  Use cairo-dock or awn (i use both) and you don't really miss it.

-mb



On 09/21/2012 09:38 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
It shouldn't lock up the computer, but the daytime high should never be
warmer than 80 on a summer's day. Politicians should always tell the
truth. Gas should never be over $1 a gallon, etc. Never underestimate
the possibilities when dealing with a computer that's designed by
humans, running software written by humans and used for the most part by
humans.

On 9/21/2012 19:48, Brian Cluff wrote:
If you are talking about the key that is just to the left of the
space. That is the "meta" key. It's like CTRL, ALT or SHIFT and should
be used to get to extra functions in combination with that key. It
shouldn't really do much beyond that and shouldn't be capable of
locking up your computer.

It is used quite a bit in KDE in hotkeys that adjust the window manager.
For instance if I press META + 0 I get a magnified image around the
mouse.

Brian Cluff

On 09/21/2012 06:52 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
How can I reprogram/neutralize that annoying M$ key on a standard
keyboard?

In the past, I have inadvertently hit that key and had it lock up my
Linux
system.

I don't know what it is for anyway, other than as an annoying
reminder of
M$ anti-trust coercion tactics to try to make the whole world conform to
its dictates.



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