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Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open the Terminal, and I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with Compiz.

Compiz disabled the transparency on my launcher (using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Unity) and so I uninstalled it.

But after I uninstalled Compiz, my UI was messed up, so I reinstalled it. Now Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open the Terminal.

System Settings >> Keyboard >> Shortcuts has the shortcut to terminal there, but it simply does not work.

What should I do?

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  • After I uninstalled Compiz and restarted my laptop, Ctrl+Alt+T still worked. It stopped working after I installed Compiz again.
    – P.Cas.
    Jun 16, 2012 at 20:46
  • In the CCSM you have a Gnome Compatibility section, in there you set the use of that Key combination to show the Terminal, amongst other things , the reason is Metacity/Mutter have this key binded to show the Terminal, Compiz does not, although in Unity it should bring the Terminal by default.
    – Uri Herrera
    Jun 16, 2012 at 20:56

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Reset to default
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You can click on the Shortcut combination showing in the System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and reassign the key.

Hope this will help.

If you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed, you can reset the profile by going to the preference section of the program and clicking on Reset to defaults button.

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You can try starting the terminal manually, e.g. from xterm and see what the output is.

Press Alt+F2 and then enter "xterm" to get an xterm.

There, simply type "GNOME Terminal" to try to start the terminal.

or try to edit the /etc/default/locale

Solution:'nano /etc/default/locale' back to the defaultc contents of that file to:

LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LANGUAGE="en_US"
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