I upgraded to 12.04 right after it was released, and once it installed, I was eager to try the new features. After fiddling around with most of them, I forgot to try the brand new HUD. I tapped the alt key... and nothing happened. I searched around to see if I disabled it, but I didn't. Also, holding alt still showed the appmenu at the top. Is there a reason that it isn't working on my computer?
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Please can you look at this Q to see if your HUD key is set correctly - thanks askubuntu.com/questions/122209/…– fossfreedom ♦Apr 29, 2012 at 21:41
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It was. But thanks to you, I decided to change it to something different and then back, and I found out the problem (there was a conflict with the HUD and a compiz plug in)– StramatoApr 29, 2012 at 22:25
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There is a related bug entry in Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995040– uzhoasitJun 28, 2013 at 17:34
3 Answers
I figured out that it wasn't working because of conflicts with the compiz scale plugin. Now it works!
After an upgrade, from 10.04 to 12.04, the HUD did appear with Alt but whatever I typed there were no results. The solution was to type in a Terminal:
sudo apt-get install indicator-appmenu-tools
Then press Enter. It worked!
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I did this and now I do see results when I type stuff in HUD, but the results seem to come from random places of other apps (not the currently active app) and the results don't even match what I have actually typed... Very weird, has anybody seen this? Aug 8, 2012 at 8:01
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Restarting the computer solved the problem. I think it's worth mentioning in the answer... Thanks anyway! Aug 8, 2012 at 8:33
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Could reproduce the problem in a Unity 2D session. When logout and switching to normal Unity session the HUD worked. A source says that HUD is not available in Unity 2D and suggests to add an ppa with enabled Unity 2D.
How do I enable Global Menus and fix HUD (after upgrading to 12.04 from 10.04)? suggests to install indicator-appmenu
. I tried this solution and after a relogin (or unity --replace
in a terminal) HUD was also working in Unity 2D.
There is an open bug report on this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995040