[SandmanCL]

This is more of a kde / gnome question than an xbmc question, but here goes:

Is there a way through either of the window manager setups that are standard with Ubuntu to configure keyboard shortcuts to work even when xbmc is in full screen mode ? I'd love to be able to have xbmc running, looking like an xbox, and then hit ctrl-right arrow to switch over to the X11 environment where I have a web browser, etc. running

[rodalpho]

If you have a keyboard on your lap anyway why not just hit \ to put it in a window and go about your business?

[SandmanCL]

That's what I'm doing now. Switching from fullscreen to another desktop would be smoother and sleaker, in my opinion.

[d4rk]

Unfortunately at the moment there's no way to do that because of the way SDL handles fullscreen modes.

[ChristianW]

Couldn't you just start a separate X-session on screen :1 and use CTRL-ALT-F8 to go into it? And CTRL-ALT-F7 to go back to xbmc?

-C-

[SandmanCL]

Unfortunately at the moment there's no way to do that because of the way SDL handles fullscreen modes.

Doh. Suspected this might be the case but was hoping I was wrong.

ChristianW: interesting suggestion. Won't running two separate X sessions take up an unnecessary amount of resources though ?