Creating a Keyboard shortcut to Terminal

In Kali linux , the keyboard shortcut to Terminal is missing by default, that was a convenience that pentesters miss the most. We had this available by default in backtrack.

One way to open terminal with keyboard is to press Alt + F2 , a command window will open , and write " gnome-terminal " and press Enter.

Second way is to create a keyboard shortcut permanently to the terminal.

For this, we will goto Settings > Devices > Keyboard.

In the shortcuts section, scroll down to the end of the list , we will find a " + " sign, that is for adding a new shortcut.

We have three text boxes here to fill.

1- Name : Enter the Name for the Shortcut e.g. "Terminal".

2- Command :Enter the command for the program. In our case its terminal. The command for terminal is " gnome-terminal".

3- Shortcut :  press the buttons you want to use as a keyboard shortcut for the above command. Here it can be "Ctrl+T" or " Super+T" or you can add any shortcut as per your convenience. and click add.

Thats it, now you can open terminal any time by using the keyboard shortcut.


CYB3RTR0N , 574r570rm

VLC Player not working or opening in Kali 2.0

Hello Kali fans,

I installed the famous vlc player on my kali 2.0 but unfortunately it was not executing properly and was not opening at all.

So, here is a fix for that if you find yourself in the same situation.

• open terminal window and type hexeditor /usr/bin/vlc

It will open a hexeditor of vlc file, be careful not to change anything here that you don't know of, because it can make vlc crash completely.

• Press ctrl+w to open the search dialog box, 

• Press enter for the option, to search for a string 

• Type geteuid in the search bar and press enter.

• Press tab and the cursor is now on the g of geteuid,

• Start writing getppid,as it will overwrite the text, make sure to not press any other key. Dont worry if you can't see what you are writing, just make sure when you type g it is overwritten on the already written g of geteuid.

• Press ctrl+x to save and exit.

Open VLC player it will work now.






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