custom Keyboard shortcuts reset every time Ubuntu updates

[Shiva Narrthine]

Custom keyboard shortcuts that have been created will reset to the default shortcuts every time the computer updates.

[strav (strav)]

I have experienced the same behavior after cold shutdown.

Both shortcuts assigned either via system settings or directly in compiz are overwritten.
Very annoying.

[eslin (d-launchpad-eslin-org)]

is this a duplicate? I thought this would be an urgent problem and require a prompt fix?!

shortcuts to change desktop dissapear. its very annoying. Is someone working on this?
Im going to try a new install in virtualbox and see if thats also affected.

[Chris (cmavr8)]

Upgraded from 12.04 and I'm experiencing the same problem!

Setting the shortcuts either from CCSM or keyboard settings results in the same failure... Reset after every reboot!

[Viliam Repan (vilo-repan)]

Same here, clean installation of Ubuntu 12.10 and after every restart or cold shutdown/start custom shortcuts are reset to defaults

[matt venn (uvirjf2u1144g11-hkng-hknftjnl78lwtr2)]

clean install of 12.10, same problem.
Matt

[William Crighton (wcrighton-7)]

Clean install of 12.10 - slight difference from the other posts in what I've noticed.

I've only really noticed settings reverting to defaults for navigating across workspaces - specifically the 'Switch to workspace #' options. The other shortcuts under Navigation that I've changed, namely 'Move window to workspace #' remain set.

It'd be cool to have a workaround that let us define the settings in a script until it gets sorted out - anyone know how to do that? (sez the lazy googler....)

[Maxim Kuznetsov (mackuzzz)]

12.10, clean install.
Same as William Crighton: shortcuts I've made for switching to workspaces are losing periodically.

[Melvin Carvalho (melvincarvalho)]

12.10 clean install
Same problem. shortcuts I've made for switching to workspaces are losing periodically.

[Daniel Tashjian (thewopple)]

I experience keyboard shortcuts being reset as well, but it only seems to affect the shorcuts under the "windows" category. Both the system settings shortcuts and compiz shortcuts are affected.

[Ali Najafi (alinajafi)]

The bug exists in 13.04 either!
Only custom shortcuts stays unaffected, all other shortcuts return to their defaults.

[ctrl (dario-dariocorti)]

Seems to happen every 2-3 reboots, not always. I only remapped Alt+Space to Ctrl+Space because I need Alt+Space for Launchy, and it reverts to Alt+Space, causing conflicts.

[ctrl (dario-dariocorti)]

Forgot to mention... Ubuntu 13.04.

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

I can confirm this bug still occurs on 13.04

[Sathish Kumar Ramakrishnan (sathish-k-ramakrishnan)]

upgraded to 13.04 from 12.10. my custom shortcuts doesn't stay and gets reset after every reboot.

[singularo (simon-iseek)]

I couldn't wait for this to be solved, so with some help from here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/211851/how-to-set-keyboard-shortcuts-from-a-script

I figured out that you can do a scmall script like this, or put the commands in your .bashrc

#!/bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-1 "['<Alt>1']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-2 "['<Alt>2']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-3 "['<Alt>3']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-4 "['<Alt>4']"

[Francisco (pakito15191)]

It also happens for me every time the computer restarts (Ubuntu 13.04). It's very annoying to have to map them manually everytime.

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

any updates on this? anything we can help to nail this down? it's super annoying!

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

Is there a dev subscribed to this bug? Is there anything affected people can do to help resolving it? This bug is one of currently 4 in ubuntu-indicator-mods with very high heat (>200) compared to the rest.
This bug's pretty big productivity/satisfaction killer if e.g. your custom Synapse shortcut gets blocked after every Ubuntu update (i.e. often several times a week).

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Bug heat doesn't mean anything, as far as I know. More importantly, this bug plainly has nothing to do with the network, Bluetooth, or keyboard menus. Since Daniel says it only affects shortcuts under the "windows" category, I'm guessing it's a bug in Compiz.

[Christoph Buchner (bilderbuchi)]

@mpt: Thanks for the move. I hope compiz devs can shed some light.

Re: bug heat: If it doesn't mean anything, why is it there, then? I thought it somehow weighted the "importance" of a bug as derived from visitor attention/frequency, comment activity, and so forth, so that annoying but overlooked/misprioritized bugs can be noticed more easily?

[Simone Bordet (simone-bordet)]

I have the same bug in Ubuntu 13.10 since at least Ubuntu 12.10. I don't think it was present in 12.04.

The days there are no software updates the custom keyboard shortcuts work fine, the day there is a software update they get reset (at boot time or at least very close to that time: after the login screen they already don't work).
I don't know if it is a coincidence or not.

For me, only the "Navigation" and "Windows" categories of the keyboard shortcuts get reset.
Categories "Launchers" and "System" are not reset.
I am not sure about others categories as I don't have any custom in other categories.

Like others, I would like the priority of this bug to be increased, since it is plaguing Ubuntu for more than 1 year now (and 3 releases). This bug's annoyance ratio is pretty high as it affects daily usage.

I am available to try any suggestion to try to identify the application that causes keyboard shortcuts reset, but I would need guidance from the devs.

[Simone Bordet (simone-bordet)]

After paying more attention to when this bug happen, I don't think it is related to software updates.

Would it be possible that the setting get reset because of some kind of file corruption ?

[Misja (misja-alma)]

Same problem here. Every time I reboot my adjustments to the keyboard shortcuts are gone.

This basically means that the Keyboard shortcuts dialog is unusable. I'd say, either fix it or remove the dialog from Ubuntu completely so it can't fool any users anymore into the illusion that they can adjust their own keyboard shortcuts.

[Ali Najafi (alinajafi)]

Hey guys,
I just found something that may help to solve the issue. I’m sorry for I should explain everything.

As you know it’s possible to change shortcuts keys from Dconf Editor, CCSM, and also Unity Tweak Tool. Well, I’d tried both Dconf Editor and CCSM, but the problem still existed. So I tried Unity Tweak Tool, and yeah they does NOT change anymore. But the problem here is that Unity Tweak Tool doesn’t have all the shortcuts.

So it seems the way the shortcuts are stored on home folder raises the problem. Every time I changed the shortcuts, logout process would take more than 2 minutes afterwards.

Some time later, my Ubuntu Unity Plugin got disabled by accident**. I just logged in and found it disabled. I had a blank desktop with wallpaper: no menu, no launcher. I opened CCSM and enabled the Unity Plugin. There were SOME CONFLICTS, the most important one for Show Desktop between Unity Plugin and General Options. I chose DISABLE for all. Wonderful! Both problems are solved now:
I have my shortcuts UNCHANGED after more than 10 reboots and some hard shutdowns due to power failure. Also the logout process is fast as always.

I conclude the problem is originated from the conflicts between (GNOME?) General Options and Unity Plugin which both have settings to change keyboard shortcuts.

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** Not totally by accident. When logout process took long, I would kill X-server just by Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. The last time I didn’t kill X and waited, and opened DASH during the logout process! Maybe this caused Unity Plugin crashed on the next login.
– 14.04 trusty

[DavidHuttlestonJr (dhjr)]

For the last three releases, I've also suffered "Navigation" and "Windows" categories of the keyboard shortcuts get reset. I have not figured out the pattern. But, changes via Unity Keyboard Settings, and also by dconf-editor get over written. I has happened mid-session to me, on occasion, so I'm not convinced it is just a startup issue.