[xmonad] Xmonad shortcuts just stopped working

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

On 21 July 2011 13:33, Joseph Garvin <joseph.h.garvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I turned on my machine today and Xmonad's keyboard shortcuts no longer work.
> I haven't changed my config file in a long time, so I don't think that's it.
> I can tell that the window manager is responding because focus still follows
> my mouse fine.
> *I didn't turn on numslock or scroll lock.
> *I tried setting numlockMask to 0, didn't help.
> *I have modMask set to mod4Mask, and if I run xev and press the Windows key
> it says I'm pressing Super_L (which I believe is mod4).
> *Adding shift, control, or alt when pressing the Windows key doesn't make
> any of the shortcuts work either.
> *I rebooted into Windows, and the Windows key works fine there so I know the
> key isn't broken.
> *If I run metacity instead of xmonad I can Alt+Tab and Press
> Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right to switch desktops without a problem.
> I'm at a loss for what to try next. Ideas?
> My full config file is
> here: https://github.com/jgarvin/joe-etc/blob/master/xmonad/xmonad.hs

Try "xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart" (doing this explicitly on
the command line sometimes works, especially if you've upgraded a
dependency of xmonad); drop the restart if you're doing it from
another WM.

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