[#VWR-9966] Ctrl-Alt-Fn shortcuts unusable on Linux

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Ctrl-Alt-Fn shortcuts unusable on Linux

Created: 20/Oct/08 02:01 PM Updated: 07/May/09 10:40 AM

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Component/s:

User Interface

Affects Version/s:

1.20, 1.21

Fix Version/s:

None

File Attachments:

shortcutfix.patch (8 kB)

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Second Life 1.21.5 (98701) Oct 6 2008 10:39:11 (Second Life Release Candidate)
Release Notes

You are at 254710.6, 256618.7, 21.8 in Barcola located at sim7323.agni.lindenlab.com (8.10.146.71:13002)
Second Life Server 1.24.9.98659
Release Notes

CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+
Memory: 2026 MB
OS Version: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 10 16:46:13 UTC 2008 i686
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.09

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.7c zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.4.0
J2C Decoder Version: KDU
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.18958 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.13_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 658/166971 (0.4%)

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Duplicate

This issue duplicates:

~~VWR-9473~~ CMD-OPT-F1 or CMD-OPT-Shift-F1 shortcut to Hide/Show UI Does Not Work Correctly Under MAC OSX 10.5.5 Leopard

VWR-2085 Ctrl-Alt-F1 Hide/Show UI Does Not Work Correctly Under Linux

Relates

This issue Relates to:

VWR-2085 Ctrl-Alt-F1 Hide/Show UI Does Not Work Correctly Under Linux

VWR-7974 Meta-Issue: Shortcut Issues

This issue is related to by:

VWR-2846 User Definable Shortcut Keys

Last Triaged:	23/Oct/08 03:06 PM
Linden Lab Issue ID:	DEV-12516
Patch attached:	Patch attached
Linden Lab Internal Branch:	maint-viewer-12

Description

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In all versions of Linux that support X11, any key combination involving Alt, Ctrl, and any Fn key are reserved for the Linux kernel to switch virtual terminal displays. This makes the shortcuts for the entire menu "Advanced > Rendering > Features" inaccessible by keyboard on Linux.

Steps to reproduce bug are as follows:

1. Start Second Life v1.21 or lower.
2. Attempt to use any keyboard shortcut from the Advanced Rendering Features menu.

Result:

You are now on a virtual terminal. The kernel has trapped the keystroke and switched consoles; Second Life is unaware a key has been pressed.

Proposed fix:

Move keybindings for this menu to either ctrl+shift+Fn, or alt+shift+Fn, or ctrl-alt-shift-(number) instead.

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Khyota Wulluf added a comment - 20/Oct/08 03:27 PM

Patches for each of these Suggestions, now we just need to make sure theres no conflicts in other OS's desktop environments,etc.

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Khyota Wulluf added a comment - 30/Oct/08 09:46 AM

Ok, ive been doing some work on these shortcut issues, i found a couple things.

Any Ctrl ALT combination is already used by X or some window managers, also true on mac and was only reported there. ~~VWR-9473~~
ALT Shift Fn shortcuts have window manager conflicts too.
Ctrl Shift n is already used by some things in SL.
The = key does not register with any combination, at least in linux.

The only things left are Ctrl Shift Fn and Alt Shift n. Perfect to wipe out both these issues.

So i propose these changes.

Features menu options move to Ctrl Shift Fn.
Move that stray Reload pesonal settings overrides one to Ctrl Shift F12 (add a 1 to keep it simple and still stray )
Move Types menu options to Alt Shift n.
Move Particles to `.

As for the weird Particles one the = does not toggle it for some reason, i moved it to ` as a temporary solution. There probably isn't a best way to do this but someone has to make a decision, and some of these items probably should be moved around.

Posting this on VWR-9966, VWR-2085 ~~VWR-9473~~ and Attaching a master patch.

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Khyota Wulluf added a comment - 30/Oct/08 09:54 AM

Ok didnt mean to link as duplicate, meant to make them releated x.x

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Baloo Uriza added a comment - 24/Apr/09 02:00 AM

If you are watching this bug, please also consider voting for VWR-1177.