Hi Lee ! hi folks ! Lee is absolutely right: just resetting the desktop settings fixed the problem.
So we have a nice workaround, and now I can use compiz without playing brain trainning meanwhile. Thanks a lot ! 2008/11/7 Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had exactly the same problem, but I managed to fix it by: > > Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. click Preferences in the > left pane, then click on 'Reset to defaults'. After that shift works > instantly, and changing settings for various plugins works fine too. > > -- > Shift key not working with compiz as active window manager. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246081 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Compiz: New > Status in "compiz" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > As long as the Compiz window manager is active the shift key does not work > the way it should. > Disabling compiz and selecting Metacity also makes the shift key work > again. > Could be that i am posting a duplicate bugreport but i was unable to find > the one i found a couple of weeks ago. > > I am fairly new to linux and therefor i dont know how to produce handy > terminal output, > if anyone could explain to me how to produce usefull information i would be > happy to do so. > > I am currently running the following: > > compiz 0.7.4 > > Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) > Kernel: 2.6.24-19-generic i686 GNU/Linux > > Renderer: GeForce Go 7300/PCI/SSE2 > Driver Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.12 > > And really usefull... and i think this should point in the direction of a > solution. > I found a workaround when searching google for this problem some time ago. > > If i press CTLR followed by the shift key and keep the shift key down i can > use it the normal way. > -- Eduardo Sanchez Suarez Dpt Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) c/ Serrano, 113 bis - 28006 Madrid - España Tel: +34.915.616.800 x 3215 Fax: +34.915.645.557 Web: www.damir.iem.csic.es -- Shift key not working with compiz as active window manager. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246081 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
