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murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Alt+F2 Not working [SOLVED]

The default action in Gnome for pressing Alt+F2 is to bring up the run dialog.  However for me it's not working.  I've checked the gnome preferences and it's set properly.  I even tried to reset it and it's still not working. 

An odd thing to note, while in a gnome-terminal, if I press ALT+F2 it shows:  ;3Q

I have no idea what that means.

Last edited by murffatksig (2010-06-06 22:07:17)

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lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

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Re: Alt+F2 Not working [SOLVED]

Do you have Compiz enabled? It grabs keystrokes itself so you must go into the Compiz settings to check what its keystrokes are set to.

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murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: Alt+F2 Not working [SOLVED]

Ah, good call.  I disabled compiz and ALT+F2 worked, now I just need to figure out where in the compiz settings it's intercepting the keystrokes.

*Edit*
Found it.  I had to enable "Gnome Compatibility"

Last edited by murffatksig (2010-06-06 22:07:03)

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