Gnome 3 word of caution

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Gnome 3 word of caution

Postby dedanna1029 » 28 May 2011, 07:39

In Gnome3's System Settings-->Mouse and Touchpad, don't even think about turning on "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed". It renders the Ctrl key useless. I like to use Ctrl+PrintScreen for taking a screenshot of a window, and it rendered that useless; in fact anything that required the Ctrl key was useless. Here's what it does when you hit the Ctrl key with that on:

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... and literally nothing else. Just a bunch of circles animating 'til you're in epileptic seizure. :P

O.M.G., LSD ain't got nothin' on this crap. :lol:

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Re: Gnome 3 word of caution

Postby viking60 » 28 May 2011, 11:26

Duly noted :lol:
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