Getting rid of 'balloons'

[Karl Larsen]

On 04/20/2010 02:14 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 04/20/2010 01:02 PM, NoOp wrote:
>    
>> On 04/20/2010 12:53 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>      
>>> On 04/20/2010 01:44 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>        
>> ...
>>      
>>>>> It doesn't because alt-f2 doesn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> The Gnome default is for alt-f2 to bring up the "run application"
>>>> dialog box for all current (stable and testing) versions of Ubuntu,
>>>> Debian, Fedora, ...
>>>>
>>>> So if alt-f2 is not working for you, you must have changed it...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>           I did not change anything about run application, period. I
>>> cannot find anything called "run application" on 10.04 that I can find.
>>> I will look at the synaptic file manger and see if it has anything.
>>>        
>> Try from a terminal:
>>
>> $ gconf-editor
>>      
     This works just fine.
>> And for Alt+F2; check System|Preferences|Keyboard Shortcuts
>> you should see an entry for 'Show the panel's "Run Application" dialog
>> box' and keyboard shortcut Alt+F2.
         This is exactly as you show it. I fooled around and by clicking 
on the Show.. I clicked on it and got a place to edit that line. It had 
a panel where I can change it from true or false. But this does not work 
right. It is false now. I changed it to true. I then checked it again 
and it had changed back to false.

     So not sure what is wrong because I can't even get balloon's!

73 Karl


>>   If that has been changed, then you
>> possibly changed your shortcuts (either purposely or accidentally).
>>      
> Sorry, forgot to add that if you are still having problems with Alt+F2
> (like in this bug report:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/398826>), you
> can add the launcher to your panel. Right click an open space on the
> panel&  then 'Add to Panel' and scroll down to 'Run Application', click
> &  then click the 'Add' button.
>
>
>
>    


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