I've found what i believe might be the solution to this as it was posted as a problem for other users who had installed xbindkeys...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=195255 since the xbindkeys-config didn't work for me, I had to use gedit ~/.xbindkeysrc and I simply changed the line # set directly keycode (here control + f with my keyboard) # "xterm" # c:41 + m:0x4 to control + g so now i have my search back, although i'm sure those could be removed altogether for the same effect Also, in case you cannot edit that file because it doesn't exist, you can create it by using the following command: xbindkeys --defaults > /home/alex/.xbindkeysrc Anyway, hope this garble helps anybody else with a similar problem -- Feisty : Ctrl + F doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs