As an added data point, I found in running $ update-alternatives --display x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator - auto mode link currently points to /usr/bin/guake /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper - priority 40 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz /usr/bin/guake - priority 50 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/guake.1.gz /usr/bin/koi8rxterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/koi8rxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/lxterm - priority 30 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/lxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/uxterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/uxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/xterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.gz Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/guake'.
that guake got set to the best version for me because somehow it got a priority of 50, winning out over gnome-terminal.wrapper. doing a --config allowed me to specify gnome-terminal.wrapper again, and Ctrl- Alt-t starting working as expected. Could be that this is caused for some by something during the upgrade to Vivid causing priorities to shift, and something unexpected like guake to be what actually happens when Ctrl-Alt-t is pressed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432484 Title: ctrl+alt+t hot key doesn't open terminal Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: 1) Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 2) unity: Installed: 7.3.1+15.04.20150227-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 7.3.1+15.04.20150227-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 7.3.1+15.04.20150227-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://mirrors.accretive-networks.net/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) ctrl+alt+t should open terminal 4) nothing happens ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: unity 7.3.1+15.04.20150227-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-9.9-generic 3.19.1 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-9-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Mar 15 21:55:08 2015 DistUpgraded: 2015-03-15 19:32:57,918 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.19.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-346-updates, 346.47, 3.19.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-346-updates-uvm, 346.47, 3.19.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 660 Ti] [10de:1183] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:3662] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-21 (329 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-9-generic root=UUID=d43fa8fe-98d7-4cbc-9f5a-845fe940823f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-16 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1605 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P6T DELUXE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1605:bd05/19/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDELUXE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150303-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.59+git20150310.fcff9e21-0ubuntu0ricotz~utopic version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.6.0~git20150310.5750595c-0ubuntu0ricotz3~utopic version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.6.0~git20150310.5750595c-0ubuntu0ricotz3~utopic version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Sun Mar 15 21:49:49 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Optical MOUSE, id 8 input Darfon Wireless Keyboard & Mouse KEYBOARD, id 9 input Darfon Wireless Keyboard & Mouse KEYBOARD, id 10 xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: Output DVI-0 DisplayPort-0 HDMI-0 product id 9896 vendor HWP xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1432484/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp