On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Fred Smith <fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 09:03:51PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > > > > On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > >> > > >>On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > >>>>On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >>>>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > >>>>>>On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > >>>>>>>On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > >>>>>>>>So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>Any clues how to restore it? > > >>>>>>>right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>I have > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>There nothing there about shortcuts. > > >>>>>on my Centos-7 box, using MATE, there's both keyboard and > > >>>>>"keyboard shortcuts" on the "hardware" menu. I think > > >>>>>that's the one wanted. > > >>>>> > > >>>>On her fedora Mate, > > >>>>there is no > > >>>>System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> "keyboard shortcuts" > > >>>> > > >>>>What there is, > > >>>>System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> keyboard -> Accessibility (a > > >>>>tab) -> A checkmark for "Accessibility features can be toggled with > > >>>>keyboard shortcuts" > > >>>> > > >>>>But that does not provide anything to fix her problem. > > >>>>So, the issue might be with different mate config menus for > > >>>>different distros/versions ??? > > >>>Yeah, I have that program too, but it's not the one needed. > > >>> > > >>>pls see if there are any other mate packages not installed: > > >>> > > >>>yum list available | grep -y mate > > >>> > > >>>perhaps one of them dthat isn't installed has the progrm you need. > > >>> > > >>>here is a list of all the mate packages I have installed, FYI: > > >>>libmatekbd.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>libmatemixer.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>libmateweather.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>libmateweather-data.noarch 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-applets.x86_64 1.10.3-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-backgrounds.noarch 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-calc.x86_64 1.8.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-control-center.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-control-center-filesystem.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-desktop.x86_64 1.10.1-2.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-desktop-libs.x86_64 1.10.1-2.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-dictionary.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-disk-usage-analyzer.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-icon-theme.noarch 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-icon-theme-faenza.noarch 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-media.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-menus.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-menus-libs.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-menus-preferences-category-menu.x86_64 > > >>>mate-notification-daemon.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-panel.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-panel-libs.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-polkit.x86_64 1.10.0-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-power-manager.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-screensaver.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-screenshot.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-search-tool.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-session-manager.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-settings-daemon.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-system-log.x86_64 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-system-monitor.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-terminal.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-themes.noarch 1.10.1-1.el7 > @epel > > >>>mate-utils-common.noarch 1.10.2-1.el7 > @epel > > >>> > > >>>good luck! > > >>> > > >>>Fred > > >>> > > >>She has all of the packages you mention, except for libmatemixer, > > >>which is available in fedora 22 updates repo. > > >>But I do not think that the mixer has anything to do with my friend's > > >>problem at hand. > > >> > > >OK, I have one (or two) more suggesion(s): > > >on my centos system, the menu item for "keyboard shortcuts" maps > > >to the program named gnome-keybinding-properties. > > > > > >On a Fedora-21 VM I have, it links to mate-keybinding properties. > > > > > >so, if your friend has either of those two programs, that's the > > >one you need, at least for the purpose of checking out the earlier > > >suggestion from another poster. > > > > > >You don't even need to link it into the menus, you should be able > > >to run it from the commandline. > > > > > >Fred > > Fred, u r a lifesaver. > > On her system, it is /usr/bin/mate-keybinding-properties > > > > and that was the magic bullet!!! > > > > Many thanx!!! > > > > Cheers, > > > > JD > > Glad I was able to help! > I observed the following behavior on my friend's mate DT fedora installation: while ctrl-alt-F(n) was not working, running chvt <n> [n=1...6] was yielding an error message that it was not able to get a file descriptor; whereas running chvt as root worked just fine. I also observed that once chvt (as root) did switch to a vt, from that vt, ctrl-alt-f(n) worked just fine. So, there was something about X, or Mate that had precipitated the problem in the first place. Just not sure what caused it.
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