Finding Nautilus - newbie

[Lindsay]

No matter what combination of short-cuts I use, Nautilus will not open
in Warty.   I have to click Computer then Home to get it to come up.

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 18:56 -0500, Kirtis Bakalarczyk wrote:
> > > Followed that OK. THanks.   But still haven't achieved getting Nautilus
> > > from short-cut Ctril+l
> > 
> > I wouldn't say using ctrl-l is a typical way to open a folder if you don't
> > already have one open, but here goes anyway...
> > 
> > Ctrl-l is a shortcut that only works within Nautilus. Now, even if you
> > don't have any folder windows open, you are still running Nautilus (as
> > long as you're running Gnome, anyway), since Nautilus is what controls
> > your wallpaper and desktop icons. Just like any other program, it has to
> > be focused, or selected, in order for you to do anything with it. So just
> > like you would click on a window or its title bar in order to work with
> > it, you have to click on the desktop (anywhere that isn't a panel or an
> > icon) in order to work with it. Once you've focused the desktop, you can
> > press ctrl-l to get the dialog where you type in a path for Nautilus to
> > open. Does that help?
> 
> Actually this appears to not be true in Warty.. I can't use CTRL-L to
> open a location when the desktop is focused.  I have to open up a
> nautilus window first, then CTRL-L works.  I guess this was added in
> gnome 2.10..
> 
> HTH,
> 
> KIRT
>