Custom keyboard shortcuts stop working after reboot

[Luke Feetham]

I have set 10 custom keyboard shortcuts as Alt+num to increase the volume above 100% using the command (e.g. for Alt+9) "pacmd set-sink-volume 0 100000", which all work as expected. However, once I re-start my computer they no longer work. The custom shortcuts are all still present in the Keyboard>Shortcuts>Custom shortcuts section, but pressing any of the key combinations has no effect. The expected functionality of the key combinations can only be restored by

1. Assigning a different shortcut key combination, and
2. Changing this back to the key combination that I want.

But this will stop working again after I restart my machine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic-pae 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jun 4 00:05:44 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5
 indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

I experienced almost the same error, reported it in 1009858.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to gnome-control-center
2. In Keyboard set some keyboard shortcuts in Navigation and Windows sections.
3. Enjoy!
4. After some time all shortcuts will reset to 'Disabled' state. For example, Alt+Tab shortcut does nothing.

I use Gnome Classic (without effects), so Compiz is not running.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Today Gnome forgets about Alt+Space shortcut. All Windows shortcuts (in Keyboard > Shortcuts > Windows) marked as Disabled.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

I set desired shortcuts again. Let's wait for the next breakage.

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

It is broken again.
Please let me know if I do something wrong. But all shortcuts changed to Disabled. It's annoying.

[Tim Peeters (tpeeters)]

I set the following keyboards shortcuts in System Settings:

Keyboard > Shortcuts >Windows:
Toggle maximization state = Alt+Control+X

Keyboard > Shortcuts > Navigation
Switch to workspace 1 = Alt+Control+1
Switch to workspace 2 = Alt+Control+2
Switch to workspace 3 = Alt+Control+3
Switch to workspace 4 = Alt+Control+4

But whenever I reboot my system (12.10, on a Lenovo Ideapas U300s), these shortcuts are gone. So I have to set them every time after I boot my system.

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

I think this is a duplicate of bug 964270 For 12.10, there is a (separate) bug 1063617
Feel free to unduplicate if I was mistaken.