GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 556501
'Show position of pointer ...' stops cntrl working in keyboard shortcuts
Last modified: 2008-10-16 17:13:21 UTC
Please describe the problem: When "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" option is checked keyboard shortcuts involving the control key do not work. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open mouse preferences dialogue (System -> Preferences -> Mouse) 2. Check the box next to "Show position of pointer when control key is pressed" and click "close". 3. Type cntrl+alt+L to lock the screen (default setting). Actual results: Nothing - in particular it's worth mentioning that the position of the pointer is not 'shown' when the control key is pressed or released as part of Cntrl+Alt+L. Expected results: I expected the screen to lock. Does this happen every time? This happens whenever 'Show position of pointer...' is checked. Other information: I'm running Ubuntu Intrepid (pre-release), fully patched as of 2008-10-16 20:00 NZDT. There are a number of bug reports over at launchpad, eg: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/217685 which ends with: Sebastien Bacher: "could somebody having the issue send it to bugzilla.gnome.org where people writting the software will read the bug?" Someone commenting on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525526 seems to alude to this issue, implying that the bug report is related to this setting, but is in fact unrelated.
This has nothing to do with libgnome! I think the setting lives in g-s-d (or g-c-c), re-assigning.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 125618 ***