Unknown use of F9 key

[Ulin the Tech Mage]

On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 12:08 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Kim Goldenberg wrote:
> > I'm not sure what has attached itself to the F9 key, but whenever I 
> > press it the whole desktop goes dim, and only comes back if I press 
> > another F-key or click with the mouse. As I have several applications 
> > that use the F9 key, this has become an annoyance. I suspect that it 
> > was something that was either installed, then removed or something 
> > updated. I also suspect it was set as a key and the action program no 
> > longer exists, but the software to call it still traps the key press. 
> > Fortunately for some things Shift-F9 works for many of them, but it is 
> > hard to retrain my fingers, and I would like to fix this.
> >
> > I am looking for suggestions on how to debug this, more than actual 
> > fixes, but will take anything people can suggest.
> >
> > Running Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64, up to date Intel core-duo processor, 2GB 
> > memory.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Kim
>     Well Kim my Hardy I discover F9 causes my Thunderbird to check for 
> new email :-)
> This is not something I use because I don't use F9 at all. But odd 
> things I agree.
> 
> Karl
> 
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its a compiz thing