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Menu key is not recognized.

xev -event keyboard
keycode 135 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol)

I have Debian on pc and laptop. Debian on pc does not recognize Menu key. But when I connect this keyboard to laptop it recognizes key.

This limits options for customization. What can cause the problem? Perhaps I made different choice during install?

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  • I've encountered this effect at the console. There, Menu it produces code 127, which isn't mapped. For me, X11 does map the menu key: keycode 135 (keysym 0xff67, Menu) Commented Aug 22 at 21:52

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I solved the problem. For some reason Menu key was marked as Comp in evdev file. I found line with keycode 135, replaced COMP with MENU and commented alias. Now Menu key works as Super_R. Without any remapping.

state 0x40, keycode 135 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,

 $vim /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev
<MENU> = 135;
// alias <MENU> = <COMP>;

I previously reconfigured my keyboard. This is alchemy, but I'll put it here just in case.

dpkg-reconfigure console-data
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
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