Ut-ooh. Guake issues (Mageia 3) [self-solved] Topic is solved

[dedanna1029]

I noticed that Guake wasn't loading on startup all of a sudden, so tried loading it from terminal once in the desktop. Terminal came up with this:

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.:[ dedanna@dedanna.rockz.net : 21:52:35 : ~ ]:.
:( guake

** (guake:9761): WARNING **: Binding 'F12' failed!

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bin/guake", line 1429, in <module>
    if not main():
  File "/bin/guake", line 1373, in main
    instance = Guake()
  File "/bin/guake", line 651, in __init__
    notification.show()
glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files
.:[ dedanna@dedanna.rockz.net : 21:52:46 : ~ ]:.

... and I can't get to Guake Preferences, either, from the XFCE menu to change the binding.

Any clue what to do here? Anyone know the terminal command for Guake Preferences?

Thanks.

[dedanna1029]

Never mind. I've just come to find that XFCE has its own drop-down terminal, that uses the same key, F12. I'm going to have to sort what key(s) to use for what. I prefer Guake, so...

[viking60]

Hm strange I use quake and F12 worked fine here. But I use Arch and Manjaro so it might be a Mageia thing.
It should be possible to assign another key by right-clicking the guake icon in the tray.

[dedanna1029]

It was an XFCE thing.

I went ahead and left the XFCE drop-down terminal as it was, with F12, and changed Guake to F9. Cool beans. Now I haz two drop-down terminals.