No Alt+F2 Run Box

[TheFuzz4]

Hey everyone I had this problem in HH but I thought maybe I just had a retarded install and never got it. But now II I still don't have a Run Box if I go to K it is not there nor if I do a Alt + F2 will it show up either. I can right click on the desktop and I have a Run command there but it's not like what I've seen in the pictures i.e. the upgrade instructions for II. Anyone got any ideas on this one? Thanks.

[aged hippy]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Ummmmm, i hate to ask, but do both keys work normally?

I can't help, other than to suggest that either your <F2> or <Alt> key doesn't work.

[toad]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

If my memory serves me well this is a common KDE4 complaint which has been sorted (by others, not by me).

Wait for Fintan to come online again, he is the "local" KDE4 guru

[aged hippy]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

I'll take a seat in the stalls and watch.

Edited to add:
To those of us in England, "the stalls" refers to the front rows at the theatre.... not one in the loo.

[TheFuzz4]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Thank you to both of you for your replies on this.

aged hippy: Yes both keys do function correctly

toad: I am glad that I just don't feel like my Kubuntu install is special and needs to ride the special bus.

[Fintan]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

I am not the kde4 guru here :P

But I have had experiences with kde4 so I will try and help as much as I can.

This was a big problem in kde4 remix (early days) and was never really satisfactorily solved.

Does running a kdesudo kate (example) work from right click->run command??
If not then you have a different problem.

In II it has worked for me since II alpha so I really do not know what to tell other than:
open up system settings->keyboard&mouse->keyboard->keyboard shortcuts->run commands filter and have a look at the preset shortcuts.
run command = Alt + F2 should be there. If not set it and see if that works.

Hope I could be of use to you on this one.

[toad]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

I am not the kde4 guru here :P

Sorry, I gained the impression that you were 'cos your name appears in almost every kde4 related question, usually with the solution

Anyway, I won't mention it again

[Fintan]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Not to worry, I take it as a compliment but I know a few real gurus here and I don't count myself among them.

Thankx anyway

[dibl]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Anyone got any ideas on this one? Thanks.

Yep -- well, I know what causes it on MY system, anyway. I have proven beyond a doubt that running Compiz with the Emerald window decorator will disable Alt-F2. If I run the default Kwin setup, no problem with Alt-F2. If I run Compiz and leave Kwin as the window decorator, no problem. Set Compiz to use Emerald, and Alt-F2 goes bye-bye every time, permanently, until I change the window decorator back to Kwin.

Hope that helps.

[TheFuzz4]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Well given that I have compiz installed as well that would probably explain a lot. Thanks for your help dibl. Now all I need is some dmraid experts for my other question and I'll be a happy camper

[dibl]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Thanks for your help dibl. Now all I need is some dmraid experts for my other question and I'll be a happy camper

Glad to help. dmraid ... I'm afraid to try it. There has never been a lot of that kind of information posted on this forum, unfortunately. Prolly Ubuntu Forum or Debian would be better places to search -- once I recall seeing quite a detailed "How To" on Ubuntu Forum.

[toad]

Re: No Alt+F2 Run Box

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember seeing a fix for that somewhere (maybe it's the old hallucinating trick). And if my memory serves me well it was Fintan who had the answer...

Oh well, I'm off to the pub for a pint of best