Jean-Pierre André <jean-pierre.an...@wanadoo.fr> writes: > Hi, > > [new thread as a follow-up to a similar one by Harry Putnam] > >>> >>> I'm guessing the main OS (oi-hipster) has in someway hijacked >>> exclusive use of CTRL key. But I have no idea how to begin to fix >>> this. >> >> It turns out the above statement was right. The way the HOST os >> hi-jacked the ctrl key: >> >> In the preference settings under: Preferences => hdware => mouse >> >> There is a check box at `Locate Pointer' >> <show postition of pointer when control is pressed> >> >> I had it checked. Unchecking that box will free the control key to work >> inside Vbox vms. > > How did you hunt this ?
Just googling around with various search strings ... I think the one that hit the the post was `no control key inside Vbox vms' It was a virtualbox forum when I opened the google hit: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=10226#p40593 > > I have a similar problem with Shift-F5 which is hijacked > by some code I cannot locate. Apparently this does not > reach Xorg (xev does not see the KeyPress event), so I > cannot redefine it. > > I thought it was hijacked by the nvidia driver, as I got > the normal behavior on a computer with Intel graphics, but > this was with vesa emulation. The Intel graphics driver > can now be used, and the hijacking now also shows up on > this computer. > > So this must be an OI/illumos thing (or at least something > common to nvidia and intel drivers but not the vesa one). > How can I locate and un-hijack it ? > > Note : Shift-F5 causes a screen blink. Is it taken for > a screen copy or a screen print ? > What desktop are you talking about? MATE? Don't have a good answer but it might be worth checking all the settings in Preferences if you have set anything there. Also, I'd hazard a guess that there must be a page online that shows MATES shortcut keys: Ah .. here it is: https://keyboardshortcuts.org/mate-keyboard-shortcuts _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss