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[ptstech.livejournal.com]

Über-boss had a project due the next morning. ÜB also has a kid. Kid LOVES keyboards. Kid had access to said keyboard w/o ÜB noticing. After kid gets put to bed, ÜB goes back to desk to finish project only to discover kid had entered the magic combo Ctrl + Alt + left arrow key.

Suffice to say, ÜB showed for the presentation fully prepared.

And with a stiff neck.

Hilarity ensues here.

Comments

[hopefulnebula]

I rememember my first time discovering that magic combo.

I didn't realize I'd pressed it so I spent about half an hour frantically googling on the other computer for what might possibly have happenned and omg have I killed my mother's computer????

I wasn't having a very good brain day.

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

I feel cheated - this doesn't do anything on my machine, even though it's supposed to work in WinXP. I had to use Google to find out what it was supposed to affect.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

I just tried searching and didn't find anything apparently helpful. What is it supposed to do?

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

http://bisdakbabbles.blogspot.com/2008/02/ctrl-alt-arrow-key.html This, maybe?

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!

Yeh, that doesn't work at all on my computer running XP. Maybe it's a bug that was fixed?

[bekscilla.livejournal.com]

I know the key combination is different depending on if i'm using my HP or a Toshiba laptop - I think it's video driver dependant

[jimbojones.livejournal.com]

http://internetducttape.com/2006/08/01/stupid-windows-features-monitor-display-turns-sideways-or-upside-down/

It's a "rotate display" hotkey that originally worked only on Windows XP Tablet Edition, but Intel copied it into their integrated video chipset drivers.

Won't do anything if you aren't using a box that either has 1. Tablet Edition, or 2. Intel integrated video.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well, darn, I was hoping it would work on my machine, but I have an AMD chip. *cries*

Heh. I should totally do it to the Hubby's laptop and let him come home to find it that way...

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

OT: Totally digging the Ka D'Argo icon.

[kedemel.livejournal.com]

Me too :D

[melstav]

Should #2 be expanded to "Intel integrated video, and you're using Windows?"

I think it'd be cool to try this on my Dell Inspiron 1100, but I'm running Debian.

[jimbojones.livejournal.com]

Well we could just say "won't work unless your computer is full of lose", but it seemed more informative this way. =)

Are you using proprietary Intel drivers on that Linux box, or OSS drivers? I wouldn't be at all surprised if proprietary Intel drivers for Linux (if such exist) also included the "feature".

[melstav]

Heh. I guess I asked for that. :P

And, Intel apparently doesn't do proprietary linux drivers. For older chips, what's being distributed with XFree86 or X.org, that's what you get. For newer chips, there's http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/

I'm using the drivers packaged with X.org. I may have to give the intellinuxgraphics driver a try.

[jimbojones.livejournal.com]

Never used them (the vast majority of my machines are nVidia, with a very rare smattering of ATI-powered laptops) but I hear the new Intels are far, far better supported for 3D than either of the others.

Ironic, given how anemic they are in terms of sheer hardware performance.

[klfjoat.livejournal.com]

Ctrl-Alt-Arrow on Linux tends to move to the virtual desktop to the left/right (pick appropriate arrow) of the one you're on.

At least, on my Gnome boxen it does that.

[userunknown.livejournal.com]

You can try

xrandr --rotate left

that might do... something :)

[melstav]

Neat!

I thought xrandr wouldn't work without xinerama enabled. (don't ask why)

Now, all I've got to do is set up the hotkey combination ctrl-alt-left and I'm set! :D

[mawz.livejournal.com]

Not even all of the latter will work. Probably depends on driver revision.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Ah.. Yeah I built my box and it has a AGP nVidia card, so it would be ineffective.

[manuka.livejournal.com]

It's specific to Intel graphics chipsets.

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're an all-SMELL shop, and integrated video is the order of the day with few exceptions.

[manuka.livejournal.com]

Took me a second to parse that as my brain saw Ctl-Alt-Delete the first 3 times.


We had a user that got a new machine that had the magic Intel chipset that works with the ctl-alt-arrows, and for some reason was using ctl-alt-up to select all in Outlook (I didn't even think that worked)... and then calling me in a panic :)

[honig.livejournal.com]

Late to the party but I have 3 30 computer labs with integrated Intel graphics chips. I get at least one panicked instructor a week from club handed students who hit that double plus good combo.

[drquuxum.livejournal.com]

Heh. I know "Über" is a German prefix, but in the context of your uber-boss, he doesn't deserve the awesome power of the Umlaut. ;-)

[mattcaron.livejournal.com]

Perhaps he'll remember to lock his terminal when he walks away from it next time...