Ubuntu-Budgie 18.04.3 LTS
I’m aware a very similar post exists: Super key (Win) stopped opening Budgie menu
However, I believe this key is set properly:
/org/gnome/mutter/overlay-key = ‘Super_L’
And I am able to use short cuts like:
Super + N
Super + A
But just using the Super key on its own does nothing…
I’m at a loss.
I cannot reproduce your issue 
I’m aware of this issue reported upstream:
Please can you describe your system. Multiple monitors? Wireless Keyboard? Graphics card? Laptop/desktp?
Just wondering if there is something different about your setup compared to most
The system is an MSI-laptop.
1 builtin monitor.
1 builtin keyboard.
Geforce GTX 970M (proprietary drivers)
Detailed verision below:
~$ Uname -all
Linux 5.0.0-29-generic #31~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
system GS40 6QE Phantom (Default string)
/0 bus MS-14A1
/0/1 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3d memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3e memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3f memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/40 memory 6MiB L3 cache
/0/41 processor Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
/0/42 memory 16GiB System Memory
/0/42/0 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0.5 ns)
/0/42/1 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0.5 ns)
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16)
/0/100/1/0 display GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M]
/0/100/2 display HD Graphics 530
/0/100/8 generic Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
/0/100/14 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/2 input USB Receiver
/0/100/14/0/3 generic USB2.0-CRW
/0/100/14/0/a communication AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0
/0/100/14/0/b multimedia BisonCam, NB Pro
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1/1 scsi0 storage Flash Drive FIT
/0/100/14/1/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 32GB Flash Drive FIT
/0/100/14/1/1/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdc disk 32GB
/0/100/14/1/1/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 29GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/14.2 generic 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem
/0/100/16 communication 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/17 storage HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
/0/100/1c bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5
/0/100/1d bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #14
/0/100/1d/0 enp59s0 network Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1d.6 bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #15
/0/100/1d.6/0 wlp60s0 network QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1f bridge HM170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
/0/100/1f.2 memory Memory controller
/0/100/1f.3 multimedia 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1f.4 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus
/0/0 scsi1 storage
/0/0/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 256GB SAMSUNG MZNLN256
/0/0/0.0.0/1 volume 511MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/0/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 237GiB LVM Physical Volume
/0/2 scsi4 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 1TB HGST HTS721010A9
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 931GiB Windows FAT volume
/1 power To Be Filled By O.E.M.
~$ lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 8
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 94
Model name: Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Stepping: 3
CPU MHz: 800.035
CPU max MHz: 3500.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 5184.00
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 6144K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 65.9M 1 loop /snap/discord/93
loop1 7:1 0 140.7M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/92
loop2 7:2 0 16.7M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-budgie-welcome/131
loop3 7:3 0 88.5M 1 loop /snap/core/7270
loop4 7:4 0 42.8M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1313
loop5 7:5 0 54.4M 1 loop /snap/core18/1144
sda 8:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
└─sda2 8:2 0 238G 0 part
├─ubuntu–budgie–vg-root 253:0 0 237G 0 lvm /
└─ubuntu–budgie–vg-swap_1 253:1 0 976M 0 lvm [SWAP]
sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part
sdc 8:32 1 29.9G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 1 29.9G 0 part
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #14 (rev f1)
00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #15 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] (rev a1)
3b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
3c:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 20)
Open a terminal and type
xev
Press the super key.
Please copy and paste the output you see when you press the super key
Apologies for the delay.
KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
root 0x243, subw 0x0, time 2721589, (877,603), root:(918,714),
state 0x0, keycode 134 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
root 0x243, subw 0x0, time 2721974, (877,603), root:(918,714),
state 0x40, keycode 134 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
You are using the right win button which budgie doesnt recognise by default
org/gnome/mutter/overlay-key = ‘Super_R’
Change your overlay key in dconf as above I am guessing
Holy heck yes that fixed it! Thank you so much.
Just a note though my keyboard only has 1 Super/Window-Key. And that 1 key was the right one as you mentioned. Is it possible to detect this so other users with only 1 super key don’t have this issue?