Escape key doesn’t work in Xubuntu Karmic
This is a quick bugfix post that might help someone else.
I just installed Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic on my laptop, and found that the Escape key wouldn’t work in the Terminal application. This makes using vim a bit tricky. (It’s not impossible: you can use Ctrl-[ instead, but that’s annoying if it’s a change from what you’re used to.)
I haven’t got to the bottom of the problem, but the fix was to clear two keyboard shortcuts:
- Settings → Window Manager → Keyboard → Cancel (default is Escape)
- Settings → Keyboard → Application Shortcuts → xfce4-popup-menu (default is Ctrl-Escape)
I guess that the problem is something to do with Escape and Ctrl-Escape not being interpreted as distinct sequences, but I’m not sure. In any case, I’ve never knowingly used Ctrl-Escape, so it’s no loss to me.
I also don’t know whether Ubuntu proper shares the same problem.
2010-02-14 14:37 UTC. Comments: 2.
PabloBM
Wrote at 2010-02-14 17:52 UTC using Chrome 4.0.249.43 on Linux:
I have a recently installed “proper” Karmic, and don’t have that problem. Must be only Xubuntu?Paul Battley
Wrote at 2010-02-14 17:57 UTC using Chrome 5.0.329.0 on Linux:
Yeah, it might be Xubuntu, or it might just be this hardware (an HP Compaq 2510p, for what it’s worth). I couldn’t find anyone else with the same problem, although I suspect that most users probably wouldn’t even notice the absence of an Escape key.