Alt/Win meta key option not working after Natty upgrade

[ksix]

After upgrading to Natty, my Alt/Win meta key option is no longer working.
I'm using System Settings -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Options -> Alt/Win key behavior
and selecting "Meta is mapped to Win keys".

However the Win key still just pops up the files-and-folders window, and meta is not there.
This worked fine in 10.10. Need this with Emacs...

Any ideas?

[lechien73]

If you run:


unity --replace

from a terminal window, does the Alt/Win key behaviour work as expected, or does the problem remain?

[ksix]

That prints out a couple pages of errors and then segfaults.

And afterwards the alt/win keys still behave the same.

[lechien73]

Ok, I was wondering if it was another manifestation of this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/729007

Perhaps if you go into System Settings, CompizConfig Settings Manager and disable, then re-enable the Unity plugin - does that make any difference? Even if it did, this would only be a workaround.

If the CCSM isn't available in System Settings, you can install it by typing:


sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

[ksix]

Disabling and re-enabling the Unity plug-in didn't help, but...

while I was in there I noticed a "key to show the launcher" option
If I change that from <super> to disabled, then my meta key works!

Looks like the launcher hotkey kills the "Meta is mapped to Win keys" option.
Seems like a bug...