Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

[Fred Smith]

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> >>
> >>On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >>>On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> >>>>So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any clues how to restore it?
> >>>right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut
> >>>
> >>For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to?
> >>
> >>I have
> >>
> >>System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard
> >>
> >>There nothing there about shortcuts.
> >on my Centos-7 box, using MATE, there's both keyboard and
> >"keyboard shortcuts" on the "hardware" menu. I think
> >that's the one wanted.
> >
> On her fedora Mate,
> there is no
> System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> "keyboard shortcuts"
> 
> What there is,
> System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> keyboard -> Accessibility (a
> tab) -> A checkmark for "Accessibility features can be toggled with
> keyboard shortcuts"
> 
> But that does not provide anything to fix her problem.
> So, the issue might be with different mate config menus for
> different distros/versions ???

Yeah, I have that program too, but it's not the one needed.

pls see if there are any other mate packages not installed:

yum list available | grep -y mate

perhaps one of them dthat isn't installed has the progrm you need.

here is a list of all the mate packages I have installed, FYI:
libmatekbd.x86_64                     1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
libmatemixer.x86_64                   1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
libmateweather.x86_64                 1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
libmateweather-data.noarch            1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-applets.x86_64                   1.10.3-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-backgrounds.noarch               1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-calc.x86_64                      1.8.0-1.el7                    @epel      
mate-control-center.x86_64            1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-control-center-filesystem.x86_64 1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-desktop.x86_64                   1.10.1-2.el7                   @epel      
mate-desktop-libs.x86_64              1.10.1-2.el7                   @epel      
mate-dictionary.x86_64                1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-disk-usage-analyzer.x86_64       1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-icon-theme.noarch                1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-icon-theme-faenza.noarch         1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-media.x86_64                     1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-menus.x86_64                     1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-menus-libs.x86_64                1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-menus-preferences-category-menu.x86_64
mate-notification-daemon.x86_64       1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-panel.x86_64                     1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-panel-libs.x86_64                1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-polkit.x86_64                    1.10.0-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-power-manager.x86_64             1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-screensaver.x86_64               1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-screenshot.x86_64                1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-search-tool.x86_64               1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-session-manager.x86_64           1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-settings-daemon.x86_64           1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-system-log.x86_64                1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-system-monitor.x86_64            1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-terminal.x86_64                  1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-themes.noarch                    1.10.1-1.el7                   @epel      
mate-utils-common.noarch              1.10.2-1.el7                   @epel      

good luck!

Fred

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