Alt-F2

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Gordon Schulz <gordon.schulz at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gordon Schulz <gordon.schulz at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Alt-F2
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 3:37 PM
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Leonard Chatagnier
> <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, and I've used it in my Hardy not too long ago
> but can't now maybe since enabling Comkpiz.
> > Would like to get it working again if I had any idea
> how.
> Sure it works on KDE 3.x and 4.x. Does "Comkpiz"
> mean Compiz? Disable
> it, then try again. I remember Compiz messing up lots of
> KDE's
> shortcuts - it's not even worth using since KWin 4.x
> does most
> eyecandy out of the box anyway and using Compiz is asking
> for trouble.
> -- 
> Greetings,
>             Gordon.
> 
Thanks Gordon for suggesting removing Compiz. Purged it and all the related packages, killed X, restarted X and it now works. Much appreciated.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net