Alt-F2

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: Alt-F2
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 2:04 PM
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Amit Joshi
> <mckagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> Alt+F2 works for KDE too... In fact, KDE has
> pretty advance
> >> options for
> >> running a program. (Don't recall about Gnome).
> >>
> > 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.
> 
> iirc, KDE4 combines the alt-F2 launcher and katapult, and
> you can just use
> the standard "Configure shortcuts" dialog to make
> it use alt-F2.  But I
> haven't made the move to kde4, yet, so I could be
> wrong...
> -- 
> derek
> 
Give kde4 a try now if you like eye candy. Things are a little different but not that much. Of course you know that you can log into either version of kde once both are installed. I've been using kde4 since I first installed it and haven't gone back to kde3.5.x except once or twice to check on menu differences. I think you might like it.
Sorry but the standard "Configure shortcuts" doesn't compute for me or I'd try it.  Anyway, removing Compiz and related software fixed it for me as suggested by the OP.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net