I personally use the same method as you used suggested, but rebind Unity's alt key to the OS key (windows key) - which blender does not use as far as I know. All works well for me after that change.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:30 PM, <pa...@telenet.be> wrote: > Hi all, > > Since Ubuntu unity apparently uses around 64! keyboard shortcuts (and i > prb missed some) and blender itself also is kb hungry --and-- in conflict > with unity, Shinsuke Irie and myself have been trying to resolve this issue > on blender's side with no luck. Irie reported this to the unity dev's and > it was accepted as a bug ( > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1108064). Because > there is no guarantee that this will be resolved on their side (if ever) > before the next release the only solution in my mind is to disable some of > the shortcuts unity uses and thus let blender work as expected > (ctl-alt-numpad0, alt-A, alt-H, alt-I, etc). The following describes what i > did to make blender and unity "behave". > > install ccsm (sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager) > run ccsm > in filter textbox -> enter "ubuntu" -> select "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" on the > right > click on button labeled <Alt> (Key to show the HUD) > uncheck enabled and click OK > on the left click "Back" button > in filter textbox -> enter "general options" -> select "General Options" > on the right > click "Key Bindings" tab and click "<Contol><Primary><Alt>KP0" button (the > Minimize Windows entry) > uncheck enabled and click OK > close ccsm > > Now blender shortcuts should work as expected and the impact on unity > behaviour is minimal in my mind. > > If anybody knows of additional unity/compiz settings that interfere with > blender please report them. > > I posted this here instead of BA because i think it might be a good idea > to communicate this on http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ since > without these ccsm settings blender is in effect useless on unity. > > best regards, > > Patrick Zulke > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- ||------------------ Instant Messengers ---------------------- || ICQ at 11133295 || AIM at shatterstar98 || MSN Messenger at shatte...@hotmail.com || Yahoo Y! at the_7th_samuri ||---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers