I am running openSUSE 11.2 and I am trying to make the key combination Alt + ` open a terminal. No keyboard combination I try works, not even Ctrl + X or anything, and I have tried both “Run a terminal” and “Open a terminal”. I have logged out and back in, and even restarted, and it still doesn’t work. Any idea why?
Dear phil_a.
This being your first post: welcome to these forums.
We normaly try here to help as good as we can, but for that we need as much information about any problem as one can provide.
You do not even explain where you are when you try those keyboard combinations. Using a desktop? When yes, which one? Nor where you try to define the new combination. This is Linux, there are miriads of possibilities to do things and we realy can not look over your shoulder or in our crystal balls 
Since your crystal ball isn’t working at the moment, I am running the GNOME desktop, and I’m trying to make the shortcuts by going to the Control Center and under the Personal category clicking Keyboard Shortcuts. Let me know if you need any more information, thanks for the help.
EDIT: Oh, and when I try to do the combination, I’m just at the desktop.
Thanks. I am a KDE user, but I am sure a Gnome user will tune in now this is made clear.
Does anyone have the solution?
Did you ever find out?
On 07/22/2013 09:16 PM, johnoshock wrote:
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> Did you ever find out?
-=WELCOME=- new poster and (apparent) new user…
are you actually using openSUSE 11.2?
if so, please don’t! it sailed past its end of life years ago and is
unpatched and insecure…
if using a currently supported 12.2 or 12.3 please start a new thread
and describe the software and problem you are having…and, be
sure to tell the desktop and environment are using because that is
sure to make a difference…
but, Ctrl-Alt-F1 is pretty sure to always open a full screen, non-X
terminal; or Alt+F2 and type in xterm will open one also…
Starting a new thread is not required. The issue is the same, and could just be an oversight.
Perhaps this will help. https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/3.5/keyboard-shortcuts-set.html.en
There is no shortcut for konsole so you need to create one
Go to Start Menu -> Configure Desktop -> Shortcuts and Gestures -> Custom Shortcuts -> Edit - New - Global Shortcut - Command/URL
Then at Trigger Tab enter CTRL+ALT+T or the Shortcut you prefer.
At Action tab enter: konsole
Click Apply and voilà
Hello Dear,
I agree with “orlandomendoza” steps and I think it’s really workable.
Thanks
Wasn’t this thread originally about GNOME?
I doubt that orlandomendoza’s steps would work there… 
Anyway, in KDE you can also set a shortcut for running an application in the Menu-Editor:
Just right-click on the K-Menu icon and choose “Edit menu entries…”, select the entry you want to assign a keyboard shortcut to, and do so on the “Advanced” tab.
No idea about GNOME though.