[Solved] Windows key isn't Super_L/Mod4 anymore

After a recent update, my Windows key wouldn't work anymore, meaning it doesn't procude my regular Fluxbox bindings. Following this nice wiki: http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Mod4
I found out that Mod isn't set anymore:
zsh/3 1572 % xmodmap
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4
mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e)
So I tried
xmodmap -e 'add mod4 = Super_L'
and
xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Super_L'
As it states on the wiki, but neither of them helped, xmodmap -pm still shows the same emptiness for Mod4. I also created an .Xmodmap, put the key assignments in there and loaded it, but it still wouldn't work. Any suggestions?
Btw.: xev output for the windows key is this:
KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x87, subw 0x0, time 53871339, (170,38), root:(430,312),
state 0x10, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
Last edited by kelnoky (2008-10-23 08:09:05)

Alright, sorry. That was a little premature, a simple restart X helped...
I'll go stand in that corner over there now.

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