Comment 20 for bug 658723

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Cameron Ogilvie (csogilvie) wrote : Re: [Bug 658723] Re: VNCServer/Gnome - letter d minimizes window

I resolved this a long time ago. So long ago that I forget what I did.

I think there's something in the .vnc startup user script that triggered it.

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On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Matt Kane <email address hidden> wrote:

> This wasn't a problem for me in 12.04 LTS however after upgrading to
> 14.04 LTS VNC now has the stuck super key with makes s & d unable to be
> used. I've tried disabling the hotkeys with ccsm however it won't stay
> fixed and is only localized to a single user. Extremely troublesome as
> it effectively makes X and VNC unusable remotely on my servers.
>
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> Title:
> VNCServer/Gnome - letter d minimizes window
>
> Status in “vnc4” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Maverick 10.10 64bit Server version - gnome/vnc
>
> Have installed "gnome-core" and vnc4server on the server and am
> connecting to it via TightVNC
>
> Whenever I hit the letter "d" in the gnome desktop the window I'm
> typing in is minimized. This issue occurs when typing in a Terminal or
> Text Editor so am pretty much unable to do anything in either of them
> that involves me typing the letter d. eg. sudo apt-get install deluge
> would minimize the window on the d of deluge. Typing d whilst the
> window is minimized doesn't enter the character in the window so it
> looks like there's no workaround.
>
> Issue is new in Maverick. Works fine in Lucid, Karmic, Jaunty,
> Intrepid.
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