Re: [orca-list] Issues with the keys

[Krishnakant mane <krmane gmail com>]

Yes, the disabling of side bar from the view menu worked.
I can certainly see that the file browser (nautilus) is quite fast now.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 07:04:31PM +0200, Simon Eigeldinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> found some messages from attila where he described some solutions.
> wonder if they do something to your install.
>
> The nautilus issue:
>
> Try you switch off the side pane in the view menu. My experiences if
> side pane is turned off, Nautilus presenting more faster for example
> the HOME folder content.
> I reported this issue with following report:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673632
>
> The keybindings problem:
>
> If anybody experiencing the described keybindings related issue,
> looks following:
> Existing your ~/.gconf/apps/metacity folder?
> If yes, remove the ~/.gconf/apps/metacity folder and restart the system.
> Before you doing this, what output seeing in terminal if you run
> gnome-control-center keyboard command?
> Some time Metacity or any importanter component possible doing wrong
> gconf/gsettings data conversion. Usual when my machine happening
> similar keybindings related problems in GNOME3 fallback session I
> see following similar output result the gnome-control-center
> keyboard command in terminal:
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/move_to_workspace_left
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/move_to_workspace_right
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/move_to_workspace_up
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/move_to_workspace_down
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_windows
>   GConf Error: Type mismatch: Expected `string' got `list' for key
> /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_group
>
> ...
>
> I reported this issue oldest time with Metacity package since march
> 15th, report link is following:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955876
> If you seeing similar output when you run gnome-control-center
> keyboard command in terminal, click following direct link to mark
> this bug affects you too, and click the change button:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/955876/+affectsmetoo
>
> If you not stored important custom settings with Metacity related,
> until this bug is not fixed, I suggest you add the startup manager a
> script with always remove the .gconf/apps/metacity folder if this
> folder are exist.
>
>
> Jost copied those lines out of the messages.
> Haven't tried that out myself.
>
> greetings,
> simon
>
> Am 08.05.2012 18:15, schrieb Thomas Ward:
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > Sure. You need to look at the Gnome Shell FAQ. It lists a number of hot
> > keys for navigating the shell. Although, you'll find most of them
> > familiar already.
> >
> > For example, alt+control+tab switches between the areas of the screen
> > that are visible such as the desktop, top panel, and so on. Alt+tab
> > switches between windows, alt+f4 closes a window, alt+f1 or the super
> > key open the Dash, alt+f2 opens run, alt+control+left moves left one
> > workspace, alt+control+right moves right one workspace, etc. All pretty
> > standard stuff here.
> >
> > However, as for it solving the issues with your keys I'm not so sure
> > about that. For a while it seemed to be alright, but after I rebooted
> > yesterday Gnome-Shell weirded out just like Unity 2D and I lost the
> > ability to close windows with alt+f4, alt+tab between windows, etc. So I
> > think there is something wrong with a shared component that handles
> > keyboard input for all Gnome based shells and apps.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > On 5/7/2012 2:01 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > >
> > > Maybe that would solve my issues with my keyboard problems?
> > >
> > > to install gnome shell i guess i just need the gnome-shell package.
> > >
> > > Are there some keyboard shurtcuts around for the start menu or other
> > > places?
> > >
> > > greetings,
> > > simon
> >
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