SHORTCUT TO OPEN TERMINAL UBUNTU INSTALL
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If it still doesn't work, something must be wrong with your keyboard or keyboard settings.

You should now have a menu item that looks like this:Ĭlick on the word disabled and set the shortcut by pressing Ctrl+ Alt+ T. Call the item 'Terminal' with the command /usr/bin/gnome-terminal and click apply. Now click the plus (+) button at the bottom of the list to add a new item. Set the default terminal launcher to Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ T as described above so it doesn't interfere with our new command. If it still doesn't work, we can make a custom shortcut to launch gnome-terminal.ģ. Now test your shortcut and see if it works. If it does work, click on the terminal line again and set it back to the original macro: Ctrl+ Alt+ T. If it doesn't work, move on to the next step. Test this new macro ( Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ T) and see if it works. Where it once said the key command, it will now say 'New accelerator.', press Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ T Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Launchers and click on the line that says 'Launch terminal'. Sometimes keyboard shortcuts need to be manually reset. Test your key combo, if it works, you're done! If not read on.Ģ.

If your terminal wrapper is broken, let me know and I will post a copy of mine or just skip to step 3. It should be set to the first entry (0), if not set it to 0.Ĭonfirm that your gnome-terminal.wrapper works by running it: $ gnome-terminal.wrapper Press to keep the current choice, or type selection number:

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* 0 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 auto modeġ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 manual mode Which should return something like this: There are 5 choices for the alternative x-terminal-emulator (providing /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator). Input gnome-terminal or Linux Mint alternative command and add the keyboard shortcut you desire. Add a new shortcut by clicking on the + button. Open keyboard from Menu and move to Custom Shortcuts. Now let's make sure it's set properly: sudo update-alternatives -config x-terminal-emulator You could try creating a custom shortcut for terminal with Ctrl - Alt - T as the assigned keyboard shortcut. If it is installed, purge and reinstall it: $ sudo apt purge gnome-terminal

SHORTCUT TO OPEN TERMINAL UBUNTU INSTALL

If it is not installed, install it: $ sudo apt install gnome-terminal On default 16.04 you should have gnome-terminal installed. First we have to determine what the default terminal command is, so let's see what terminal(s) we have installed: $ apt list -installed |grep -i terminal

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