Re: [gnome-flashback] Bug: GNOME Flashback steals Super-[a-z] key combinations

[Max Mouratov <mmouratov gmail com>]

This is a reply to a message by Matthias Kurz that I see in the
mailing list's web archive (I didn't receive this message, because I'm
not a subscriber).


> I had a similar problem this week and I could fix it.
> The problem was that the gnome-flashback process didn't get started. Check via
> ps aux | grep gnome-flashback
> if it is running.

Yes, it's running.


> If it is not, this is how I could fix the problem:
> Check if you have these files:
> ~/.local/share/applications/gnome-flashback-init.desktop
> ~/.local/share/applications/gnome-flashback.desktop
> If yes, check if both of these files have
> Hidden=true
> inside.

I don't have these files.


> If yes, remove that line - or better completly remove the two
> files, because they are redundant: You also have
> /usr/share/applications/gnome-flashback-init.desktop
> /usr/share/applications/gnome-flashback.desktop
> which should be enough (gnome-session uses them if the on in the home folder don't exist).

These files don't contain "Hidden".