Strange key bindings (Ubuntu 16.04 VM, xfce, Spice console)
I have a Ubuntu 16.04.04 VM with xfce intalled. The VM is hosted by an academic HPC/cloud computing system (Compute Canada), and I access it through their website which I believe has a Spice console. I'm new to a lot of this so I'm happy I made it this far.
My problem is some very strange key bindings. For example,
- when I try to type
pin the Terminal it brings up the Display window and doesn't typep. tabswitches between windows and doesn't autocomplete.- I can't copy or paste. e.g.
ctrl-vdoes nothing, andcmd-vacts as if I held thevkey down ten seconds. - Occasionally I can't type anything, but this is usually fixed by refreshing the browser window.
The p, tab, and lack of copy-paste are the big problems. For example, in the picture above I can't complete the file name (.zip). This makes the VM practically unusable for what I'm doing. How do I solve this?
keyboard virtual-machine ubuntu-16.04 xfce
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:13
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I have a Ubuntu 16.04.04 VM with xfce intalled. The VM is hosted by an academic HPC/cloud computing system (Compute Canada), and I access it through their website which I believe has a Spice console. I'm new to a lot of this so I'm happy I made it this far.
My problem is some very strange key bindings. For example,
- when I try to type
pin the Terminal it brings up the Display window and doesn't typep. tabswitches between windows and doesn't autocomplete.- I can't copy or paste. e.g.
ctrl-vdoes nothing, andcmd-vacts as if I held thevkey down ten seconds. - Occasionally I can't type anything, but this is usually fixed by refreshing the browser window.
The p, tab, and lack of copy-paste are the big problems. For example, in the picture above I can't complete the file name (.zip). This makes the VM practically unusable for what I'm doing. How do I solve this?
keyboard virtual-machine ubuntu-16.04 xfce
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:13
R Greg StaceyR Greg Stacey
1619
add a comment |
I have a Ubuntu 16.04.04 VM with xfce intalled. The VM is hosted by an academic HPC/cloud computing system (Compute Canada), and I access it through their website which I believe has a Spice console. I'm new to a lot of this so I'm happy I made it this far.
My problem is some very strange key bindings. For example,
- when I try to type
pin the Terminal it brings up the Display window and doesn't typep. tabswitches between windows and doesn't autocomplete.- I can't copy or paste. e.g.
ctrl-vdoes nothing, andcmd-vacts as if I held thevkey down ten seconds. - Occasionally I can't type anything, but this is usually fixed by refreshing the browser window.
The p, tab, and lack of copy-paste are the big problems. For example, in the picture above I can't complete the file name (.zip). This makes the VM practically unusable for what I'm doing. How do I solve this?
keyboard virtual-machine ubuntu-16.04 xfce
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:13
R Greg StaceyR Greg Stacey
1619
I have a Ubuntu 16.04.04 VM with xfce intalled. The VM is hosted by an academic HPC/cloud computing system (Compute Canada), and I access it through their website which I believe has a Spice console. I'm new to a lot of this so I'm happy I made it this far.
My problem is some very strange key bindings. For example,
- when I try to type
pin the Terminal it brings up the Display window and doesn't typep. tabswitches between windows and doesn't autocomplete.- I can't copy or paste. e.g.
ctrl-vdoes nothing, andcmd-vacts as if I held thevkey down ten seconds. - Occasionally I can't type anything, but this is usually fixed by refreshing the browser window.
The p, tab, and lack of copy-paste are the big problems. For example, in the picture above I can't complete the file name (.zip). This makes the VM practically unusable for what I'm doing. How do I solve this?
keyboard virtual-machine ubuntu-16.04 xfce
keyboard virtual-machine ubuntu-16.04 xfce
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A partial answer to my own question: I changed the Application Shortcuts in the Setting menu.
Specifically, I typed xfce4-settings-manager to open Settings. There was an entry in the Command column (xfce-display-settings --minimal) that was bound to Super+P and I removed it. Fixed that at least!
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A partial answer to my own question: I changed the Application Shortcuts in the Setting menu.
Specifically, I typed xfce4-settings-manager to open Settings. There was an entry in the Command column (xfce-display-settings --minimal) that was bound to Super+P and I removed it. Fixed that at least!
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A partial answer to my own question: I changed the Application Shortcuts in the Setting menu.
Specifically, I typed xfce4-settings-manager to open Settings. There was an entry in the Command column (xfce-display-settings --minimal) that was bound to Super+P and I removed it. Fixed that at least!
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:43
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A partial answer to my own question: I changed the Application Shortcuts in the Setting menu.
Specifically, I typed xfce4-settings-manager to open Settings. There was an entry in the Command column (xfce-display-settings --minimal) that was bound to Super+P and I removed it. Fixed that at least!
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:43
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A partial answer to my own question: I changed the Application Shortcuts in the Setting menu.
Specifically, I typed xfce4-settings-manager to open Settings. There was an entry in the Command column (xfce-display-settings --minimal) that was bound to Super+P and I removed it. Fixed that at least!
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