I just found out about gconf-editor and have been crawling through here customizing my gnome desktop to my exact specifications – this program lets you do just about anything you can think of to the gnome environment. This evening I just wanted my shortcut keys working again.
Hit <Alt>F2 then type gconf-editor and hit <enter>
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cd ~/
cp .bashrc .bashrc-backup
touch .bash_colors
gedit .bash_colors
Paste in:
# ANSI color codes
RS=”\[\033[0m\]“ # reset
HC=”\[\033[1m\]“ # hicolor
UL=”\[\033[4m\]“ # underline
INV=”\[\033[7m\]“ # inverse background and foreground
FBLK=”\[\033[30m\]” # foreground black
FRED=”\[\033[31m\]” # foreground red
FGRN=”\[\033[32m\]” # foreground green
FYEL=”\[\033[33m\]” # foreground yellow
FBLE=”\[\033[34m\]” # foreground blue
FMAG=”\[\033[35m\]” # foreground magenta
FCYN=”\[\033[36m\]” # foreground cyan
FWHT=”\[\033[37m\]” # foreground white
BBLK=”\[\033[40m\]” # background black
BRED=”\[\033[41m\]” # background red
BGRN=”\[\033[42m\]” # background green
BYEL=”\[\033[43m\]” # [...]