System Settings / Global Keyboard Shortcuts - cannot use keypad keys

[Philip Ashmore]

In system-settings/global keyboard shortcuts I want to assign keypad/numpad keys but when I click on "custom" and it displays "input..." it shows that I've clicked the non-keypad/numpad variant.

For example I can't assign Meta-keypad+ global shortcut to Amarok - it thinks I meant Meta-+.

What's even more confusing is that Meta-+ doesn't work at all, but Meta-- does.

And just for chuckles if you try to assign Meta-+ to Amarok/increase volume, where the default is Meta-+ anyway, it complains that Meta-+ is already assigned!

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 5 21:50:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kdeinit4
Package: kdelibs-bin 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kde4libs
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Philip Ashmore (contact-philipashmore)]

I have a Compaq Presario A975EM with a "Full size desktop keyboard (with separate numeric keypad layout)".
I changed the keyboard layout from "Generic 101-key PC" to "Laptop/notebook (eg. Presario) Internet Keyboard".

I'm still getting the same problem but at least now I'm no longer getting the "already assigned" message.