On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 07:26:56PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Robert Holtzman wrote: > > Some time ago I set up a shortcut to open a terminal (ctrl+A) which > > worked for several months. As of a month or two ago the shortcut began > > working *only* right after booting. Anytime after that it had the effect > > of highlighting all my desktop icons but didn't open the terminal. > > Various searches yielded nothing applicable. I'm at a loss as to how to > > attack this problem. I have a problem with shortcuts not working in > > wheezy, but that's for another thread. > > You didn't say what window manager you are using. And you said > Squeeze so nothing should be changing there.
Metacity > > Control-A is the Windows world's way of selecting all. You said all > of your icons highlighted. That tells me that it is doing the Windows > UI method of selecting all. That definitely isn't your shortcut. I > might suggest using Alt and a key for the shortcut rather than > Control-A which seems to be overloaded enough already. It's been 10-15 years since I've had windows on my machine. I couldn't tell you what a wndows convention was if you held a gun to my head. > > I would try a different shortcut that isn't one of the Windows keys > and see if it is related or not. Otherwise I don't know. I'll give it a try. What snows me is why it worked for months and suddenly changed. Thanks. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279
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