Comment 338 for bug 1218322

Hi everyone, I uploaded a new update is available from the following PPA. Please try it to see if it improves your situation:

https://launchpad.net/~attente/+archive/modifier-only-input-switch
(Please note, this is different from the old PPA, you will need to add the new repository. You can use 'sudo ppa-purge ppa:attente/1218322' to remove the old one.)

It contains the following packages and versions:

compiz (1:0.9.10+13.10.20131113-0ubuntu1ppa1)
gnome-settings-daemon (3.8.6.1-0ubuntu1ppa2)
unity (7.1.2+13.10.20131113.1-0ubuntu1ppa1)

It attempts to fix some issues under Unity with certain modifier keys, as well as preventing the key combination from getting consumed by a potential application shortcut (LP: #1245473). So you should be able to do Shift+Ctrl+C, Shift+Ctrl+V, etc. in the terminal again. However, it doesn't resolve using the gnome-settings daemon media key shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+T (LP: #1226962).

Thank you, Norbert, thanks very much for your triaging and the spreadsheet you maintained which was really quite useful for tracking particular problems as this PPA was developed.

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

If the new packages improve the situation for you, you can use apt-mark to hold these packages at these versions.

If the new packages cause a regression for you, use 'sudo ppa-purge ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch' to restore the versions currently in archive.