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Before I upgraded to ubuntu 10.04, when I pressed Ctrl twice, a search bar popped up that allowed me to google desktop search my system. This no longer works and I miss that feature. Can I get it back, somehow?

A complete uninstall/restart/reinstall has not fixed this issue.

I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, using gnome, having downloaded google desktop from the google linux repositories...

Seamus
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  • It looks like [you are not the only one](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1442629), this must be a bug. – nicoulaj May 05 '10 at 17:18

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It stopped working in Debian testing a while back. I opened Google Desktop Preferences and set the hotkey to Ctrl-F1.

W_Whalley
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There are some workarounds (via http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1442629)

Keep the Ctrl_L pressed for one second, in other words, here is the sequence I found:

  1. List item
  2. Press and hold Ctrl_L
  3. hold Ctrl_L for one second.

to make it disappear do the same thing... Also you can get the same results if you apply the same pattern while replacing _L with _R.

Also I found another way that might be simpler:

  1. Press and hold Ctrl_L
  2. DOUBLE Press and release Ctrl_R
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