Date: 02 Oct 2001 20:41:38 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@ehsrealtime.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: switching desktops in gnome Message-ID: <86y9mt25jh.fsf@pan.home.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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Hi, Since reloading my machine with FreeBSD 4.4, I have installed Gnome from ports (1.4.1b2) Since doing this, I can no longer use my keyboard to switch workspaces like I could before. I have this problem is icewm and windowmaker. When I start using Gnome, the keyboard works fine. I can switch between workspaces using META-CTRL-LEFT and META-CTRL-RIGHT. At the time of launching an application, all is still functional. After launching an application I can move to either the next or the previous workspace. At this point I can no longer use the keyboard to move desktops and I can no longer use the keyboard to launch applications (eg META-T launches an Eterm) Once I open an application in this workspace using the mouse, I get keyboard control back and can then move between workspaces again, until I change to a workspace with no running applications. Then the problem repeats. I've removed gnome, re-installed it, and deleted $HOME/.gnome and $HOME/.gnome_private, but when I start gnome again the problem persists. I've tried using both icewm and windowmaker without gnome, and I am able to switch workspaces to my hearts content. Has anyone else come across this and if so, can you suggest a solution ? Thanks in advance, -- Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@ehsrealtime.com> Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. - Yeats To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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