Re: Keyboard Win-button on Linux system

Someone Said:
>
>Which file on a Linux system contains keyboard specs?
>What is that file's name and in what system directory can it be found?
>I tried 'locate /key | wc' and found there are 730 files, so I don't
>know where to begin to find the file that needs to be edited.
>Is it feasible to edit some particular file to either neutralize or
>redefine/respecify what functions that key should perform?
>As it is now, I've just removed the keys from the keyboard
>to put a stop to the problem.
>
>joe@actionline.com
>
>On Tuesday 14 December 2004 12:14, you wrote:
>> Strange...on my KDE system when I press the win-key the KDE menu pops
>> up, just as the windows menu pops up under windows.
>> Mark
>>
>> Robert Ambrose wrote:
>> >FWIW, the Win key is a modifier key under KDE/FC3, i.e. another Alt,
>> >Control or Shift key. I have Win+F3 as maximize and Win+F4 as minimize.
>> >I don't know if this is limited to KDE and/or FC3.
>> >
>> >On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Josef Lowder wrote:
>> >>I use a Logitech keyboard on my Linux system, and it has a special
>> >>key between the CTRL and ALT keys with that annoying win-flag on
>> >>it and when I have inadvertently touched that key a couple of times,
>> >>it has locked up my entire system so I had to hard reboot.
>> >>
>> >>Can that key be reprogrammed somehow to either have no function
>> >>or perhaps to have some useful function?

Try:
$ xev

that will give information about any key that is pressed.
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