# Super key (Win) not opening Budgie menu

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489 "2019-09-28T02:30:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![hdf89shfdfs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/hdf89shfdfs/32/1642_2.png) [@hdf89shfdfs](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/hdf89shfdfs)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/1 "2019-09-28T02:30:38Z")

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Ubuntu-Budgie 18.04.3 LTS

I’m aware a very similar post exists: [Super key (Win) stopped opening Budgie menu](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-stopped-opening-budgie-menu/1198)

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.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/2 "2019-09-28T16:16:04Z")

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I cannot reproduce your issue ☹

I’m aware of this issue reported upstream:

> <https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop/issues/1199>

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

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**Author:** ![hdf89shfdfs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/hdf89shfdfs/32/1642_2.png) [@hdf89shfdfs](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/hdf89shfdfs)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/3 "2019-09-28T20:33:40Z")

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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

# ~$ sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description

```
                                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)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/4 "2019-09-29T15:58:17Z")

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Open a terminal and type

```
xev

```

Press the super key.

Please copy and paste the output you see when you press the super key

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**Author:** ![hdf89shfdfs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/hdf89shfdfs/32/1642_2.png) [@hdf89shfdfs](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/hdf89shfdfs)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/5 "2019-10-03T05:35:51Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/6 "2019-10-03T05:44:44Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![hdf89shfdfs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/hdf89shfdfs/32/1642_2.png) [@hdf89shfdfs](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/hdf89shfdfs)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/super-key-win-not-opening-budgie-menu/2489/7 "2019-10-03T06:00:41Z")

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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?