diff -NurB gnome-terminal-2.4.2-orig/src/terminal-window.c gnome-terminal-2.4.2/src/terminal-window.c
--- gnome-terminal-2.4.2-orig/src/terminal-window.c	2004-03-23 12:40:29.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-terminal-2.4.2/src/terminal-window.c	2004-03-23 12:52:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@
   return object_type;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+can_activate_accel_callback (GtkWidget *widget,
+                guint      signal_id,
+                gpointer   user_data)
+{
+   /* Always allow accels to be activated. */
+   return TRUE;
+}
+
 static GtkWidget*
 append_menuitem (GtkWidget  *menu,
                  const char *text,
@@ -726,6 +735,11 @@
   window->priv->use_mnemonics = TRUE;
   window->priv->using_mnemonics = FALSE;
   
+  g_signal_connect (window->priv->menubar,
+           "can_activate_accel",
+           G_CALLBACK (can_activate_accel_callback),
+           window);
+
   accel_group = terminal_accels_get_group_for_widget (GTK_WIDGET (window));
   gtk_window_add_accel_group (GTK_WINDOW (window), accel_group);