numeric keyboard shortcuts don't work

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I want to use Alt+KP_Subtract and Alt+KP_Add to change volume (I have no volume keys). However when I try to grab those shortcuts they appear as Alt++ and Alt+-. In other words, when grabbing shortcuts KDE mistakenly sees KP_Subtract and KP_Add as the normal plus and minus keys which are completely unrelated.

If I manually edit ~/.kde/share/config/kglobalshortcutsrc to add the shortcuts (as KP_Subtract and KP_Add) they do not work either.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: kde-workspace 4:4.7.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 14 12:47:27 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kde-workspace
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!