I found the cause of the problem in my case. As part of the Maverick to
Natty to Oneiric upgrade, something installed the xbindkeys package
(xbindkeys-1.8.5-1). The file ~/.xbindkeysrc has definitions including:
"xterm"
c:41 + m:0x4
This unfortunately defines a Ctrl-f shortcut which has global scope (i.e. cuts
across all applications) that starts an xterm.
I uninstalled xbindkeys, and of course its global Ctrl-f shortcut is now gone,
thus enabling all of the application-specific Ctrl-f shortcuts, such as Ctrl-f
for opening the search box in firefox, to work again.
I'm not sure why xbindkeys was installed during the Maverick-Natty-
Oneiric upgrade. Anyway, I hope this bug report will help others who may
encounter the same issue.
@Karl Ostmo, is xbindkeys installed on your system?
** No longer affects: unity-2d
** No longer affects: unity
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
** No longer affects: lightdm
** No longer affects: firefox
** No longer affects: gnome-session
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Title:
CTRL+f shortcut does not work in any application after Oneiric upgrade
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