Just resolved this issue.  Apparently the g710+ keyboard has a game button
that disables the windows (super) key.  Sorry for the bother.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:47 AM Brandon Hoult <email address hidden> wrote:

> The key worked fine for the past couple years until last week, and the
> super keys are the only keys that are not working now.  Seems unlikely to
> be hardware.  Hopefully it will get fixed in the kernel at some point.
> Thanks for looking into it.
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:10 PM Daniel van Vugt <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I notice buried in that output you said:
>>
>> > For the below I used 14.  Hitting the super
>> > key on either side produced no results.  Other keys did.
>> > I tried 12 and 15 as well with the same result (no response)
>>
>> So that means this is either a hardware or a kernel problem.
>>
>> ** Package changed: mutter (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)
>>
>> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>>        Status: Incomplete => New
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882607
>>
>> Title:
>>   One of the updates in the last week broke super key on external usb
>>   keyboard
>>
>> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>>   New
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   Worked fine until recent reboot.  Now the super key on the external
>>   keyboard connected to a dock via thunderbolt port does not work.  It
>>   still works on internal laptop keyboard.
>>
>>   Tried switching to a few different languages but had no effect.
>>
>>   ProblemType: Bug
>>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
>>   Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
>>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
>>   Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
>>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
>>   .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.3b.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a
>> directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:3b:00.0'
>>   .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
>>   .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
>>   .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
>>   .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
>>    NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  440.64  Fri Feb 21
>> 01:17:26 UTC 2020
>>    GCC version:  gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
>>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
>>   Architecture: amd64
>>   BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
>>   CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
>>   CompositorRunning: None
>>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>>   Date: Mon Jun  8 18:41:32 2020
>>   DistUpgraded: 2020-03-26 17:17:00,893 ERROR got error from
>> PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to
>> execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or
>> directory) (8))
>>   DistroCodename: focal
>>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>>   DkmsStatus:
>>    nvidia, 440.64, 5.4.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed
>>    nvidia, 440.64, 5.4.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
>>   ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
>>   GraphicsCard:
>>    Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00
>> [VGA controller])
>>      Subsystem: Lenovo UHD Graphics 620 [17aa:39ab]
>>      Subsystem: Lenovo GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] [17aa:39ab]
>>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-08 (427 days ago)
>>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190326.2)
>>   MachineType: LENOVO 81CU
>>   ProcEnviron:
>>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-33-generic
>> root=UUID=06db1321-d690-4a95-b79d-258351c53f9d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>>   SourcePackage: xorg
>>   Symptom: display
>>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-03-26 (74 days ago)
>>   dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2019
>>   dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>>   dmi.bios.version: 7KCN31WW(V1.12)
>>   dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
>>   dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216
>>   dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>>   dmi.board.version: SDK0R32862 WIN
>>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag
>>   dmi.chassis.type: 31
>>   dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>>   dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo YOGA 730-15IKB
>>   dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7KCN31WW(V1.12):bd11/08/2019:svnLENOVO:pn81CU:pvrLenovoYOGA730-15IKB:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0R32862WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct31:cvrLenovoYOGA730-15IKB:
>>   dmi.product.family: YOGA 730-15IKB
>>   dmi.product.name: 81CU
>>   dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_81CU_BU_idea_FM_YOGA 730-15IKB
>>   dmi.product.version: Lenovo YOGA 730-15IKB
>>   dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>>   version.compiz: compiz N/A
>>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2
>>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1
>>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
>>   version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
>>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1
>>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
>>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
>>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>> 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
>>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>> 1:1.0.16-1
>>
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