From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 18:50:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7749D1065673 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:50:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9E98FC28 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:50:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1807060ywe.13 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:50:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=u/eg+QDb6+okHo9RxOfL5p509K1hAsp0xQHxG7b+FJY=; b=KpVYu/W3s420p2xlpVHYuuaIqBYdc+KH7TEqR75SjNS7D9YvVsCOk3nKMlWcqEinje 2Y/xjOBZqLmQYLh6F3Z+coUB+ul8/DaH/CapHsPGnRDCLnMsOIFvyy3NHcv5w4V9W8kn SdcUJIp9QAMvJtar8fI7SMpH7swqt6A+IM1sg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=O29rd12OLkeLag90+aclIHpTXykI5irTwM3bUa3Au3TYIJ2QneB1UVDBpWufSjZNvF JtghIP8yqIbXDt6/HRnxtKdKIu1jTvnbjyhkYe5ZRLYBqXEr2wTK651PeZedlfYppyap 1KKjcFwF8+TKCil7CNpeOw56pYF4NMwsCEn2s= Received: by 10.150.12.3 with SMTP id 3mr17933228ybl.14.1215888610379; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.219.9 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <991123400807121150g4b5295c4x80fbfb7d0cac78eb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:50:10 +0300 From: "Odhiambo Washington" To: "Girish Kulkarni" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8a2141c0807060227x2e28a4fgeea15ebd0dc02d32@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8a2141c0807060227x2e28a4fgeea15ebd0dc02d32@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Disabling Super key? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:50:11 -0000 After all that advice, one last piece remains - buy another keyboard;-) On 7/6/08, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > Is there any way I could disable the Windows key on my keyboard? > > I use FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE on a Dell Inspiron 640m laptop. My Windows > key ("Super_L") has developed a problem for some unknown reason: it > gets pressed and remains so without my touching it. I could diagnose > this only using xev, which reported a constant Super_L KeyPress event. > > This means that I cannot enter text in for example Firefox or Emacs > most of the time and this is terribly irritating. I could probably > solve the problem by disabling the Super key. > > Thanks, > Girish. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post