First, this thread is marked as solved, but unless I'm missing something, that doesn't seem to be the case. I'm having the same problems on my computer running karmic and can't seem to find a solution. I tried everything above, but nothing seemed to change. So I saved the output of xmodmap to a file like so
Code:
xmodmap -pke > keyboard.map
Upon inspection, I realized that their are two keys with Super_L assigned by default. Key 133 and Key 206. I rewrote the file to look like this:
Code:
keycode 133 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
keycode 206 =
I'm assuming here, but it seems like the NoSymbol portion is normal and probably has to do with how the key should respond in different situations.
Then I fed the file back to xmodmap like so
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xmodmap - < keyboard.map
The changes were reflected when I viewed the new configuration, but Super_L was no more responsive than before. Then I went into compiz and set some new key combinations using the left super and the ones I changed worked with both the left and right supers while the ones that I left alone still didn't work with the left key. I then tried to make 133 = Super_R since it seems like super r works all the time. This didn't fix anything either. I had this problem with a different keyboard and on 9.04 as well prior to installing 9.10, but like the guy above it just showed up one day and hasn't gone away, and like him, I only ever use the left super key.
As a final note, I'm using Restricted Drivers from NVIDIA and when it installed it rewrote my xorg.conf file. I don't know if that's when things got hairy or not, but it could play a role I suppose.
Edit: Just now, after changing the Super_L to Super_R immediately after x server was restarted has given me access to the left super key.
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