metacity keybindings stopped working after FC5->FC6 upgrade

David White david at rartm.com
Mon Oct 30 17:15:51 UTC 2006


If <Mod4> doesn't work, have you tried <Super_L> or <Super_R> ? That's what
fedora 5 calls my Windows key...
Just a thought, hope it helps

On 10/29/06, Adam Monsen <haircut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I press "Left Windows Key + d" on my keyboard, I like that to run
> gnome-dictionary. Since Fedora Core 1, I've been doing this using a script
> that calls gconftool-2 or by firing up gconf-editor and manually modifying
> metacity shortcuts, as described here:
> http://gnome-hacks.web.com/hacks.html?id=14
>
> After upgrading to Fedora Core 6, the metacity keybindings suddenly
> stopped working. I can see that in gconf-editor, the metacity keybindings
> are still properly defined, for instance, "apps->metacity->global_keybindings->run_command_6"
> maps to "<Mod4>d", and "apps->metacity->keybinding_commands->command_6"
> maps to "gnome-dictionary". And, I'm pretty dang sure I'm still using
> metacity since it is in the process table and my graphics card doesn't
> support AIGLX, so compiz wouldn't even run if I tried (and I did try).
>
> Anyone know why metacity no longer intercepts the Mod4+d chord?
>
> My next step is probably to blow away all my ~/.gno* settings directories
> since I don't do a heck of a lot of desktop customization, and if I do I'm
> probably spending time on something I don't need to spend time on.
>
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