Finding Nautilus - newbie

[Lindsay]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 14:00 +0000, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 08:08 +0000, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 06:51 +0000, david wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 16:25 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> > > >Sorry I get nothing with this direction either.
> > > >Linz
> > > >
> > > >On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 15:25 +0200, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> > > >> On su, 2005-02-20 at 08:00 -0500, David M. Carney wrote:
> > > >> >On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 01:42 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> > > >> >>By right clicking I got a menu that allowed Open Terminal, Open Launcher
> > > >> >>and some others (not Nautilis),  but nothing with left click and ctrl l.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 12:17 +0000, david wrote:
> > > >> >>> click on the desktop and then type Ctrl + l and then type ~ in the window and 
> > > >> >>> press enter.
> > > >> >>> 
> > > >> >>> regards
> > > >> >>> David
> > > >> >>> 
> > > >> >>> (It may be possible to assign a key stroke combination to this but I'm not 
> > > >> >>> sure.)
> > > >> >>> 
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Click anywhere on the desktop. Not on a running program.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >A menu will not appear, but after clicking, you can hold down the ctrl
> > > >> >key and press the l key (both at the same time). A dialog box should pop
> > > >> >up.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Then release them and press the ~ key. and press the enter key.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >David
> > > >> >
> > > >> 
> > > >> A small detail: when I press ~, I have to hold it down for a second. If
> > > >> I just press it quickly, the character doesn't get printed to the
> > > >> screen. There seems to be a small delay.
> > 
> > Please excuse the terminology but I think what is needed is to first
> > open a window, for example, which shows a list of folders and then, with
> > the cursor within that window press Ctrl+l.
> > 
> > Norman
> 
> I have just looked at this again and the cursor does not have to be in
> the window.
> 
> Norman
> 
OK.  I'm on the screen where the word UBUNTU appears at the bottom.  I
press Ctrl + l (lower case L) simultaneously and Bob's your uncle right.
Wrong.   I get nothing.  No Nautilus, no error message, simply nothing -
in Warty.

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