Gnome: disabling "show desktop" shortcut

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#1

Hi everybody,

I’m using Gnome on openSUSE 11.2. I can’t get rid of the ctrl-alt-d keyboard shortcut in Gnome. I have set it to “disabled” in control center -> keyboard shortcuts, but no luck.

When I run the gnome-keybindings-properties program from the terminal it dumps these two messages onto stderr:

(gnome-keybinding-properties:11958): keybinding-properties-WARNING **: No description for key ‘/apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/opacity_decrease_key’

(gnome-keybinding-properties:11958): keybinding-properties-WARNING **: No description for key ‘/apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/opacity_increase_key’

and the following two messages like 20 or so times:

(gnome-keybinding-properties:11958): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_store_append: assertion `VALID_ITER (parent, tree_store)’ failed

(gnome-keybinding-properties:11958): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_store_set_valist: assertion `VALID_ITER (iter, tree_store)’ failed

I realize this isn’t the most critical problem, but I am experimenting with Guile (scheme as a C extension language) which I am editing in Emacs, and even after reassigning “down-list” I keep hitting C-M-d because it’s right by C-M-f which I also use constantly, and this minimizes all my windows! And there is nothing on my desktop, I never use the feature intentionally. Maybe I should get a wallpaper that says “HaHa Dummy!” or something of the sort to at least get a chuckle out of it when it happens.

Anyhow, all help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Malcolm

#2

Hi
Are you running desktop effects? If so it needs disabling there as
well. On Gnome it’s in general options -> key bindings.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-default
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#3

No I don’t think I have them enabled, and it definitely doesn’t look like it, but I have disabled the keybinding there as well without at any improvement.

Thanks,
Malcolm

#4

Hi
Start gconf-editor apps->metacity->global_keybindings and remove the
string value via double-click an ‘show_desktop’

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-default
up 11 days 19:09, 4 users, load average: 1.54, 0.88, 0.50
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.53

#5

Woohoo! that got it.

Thanks!
Malcolm