<Alt>F4 not working on Compiz start

[BryanFRitt]

I imported my Compiz setting from another system (Debian 11 KDE -> Debian 12 KDE)
ccsm > Preferences > Import

In ccsm it shows 'Close Window' is set to '<Alt>F4'
ccsm > General > General Options > Key bindings > Close Window > <Alt>F4

If I delete this '<Alt>F4',
Click on it's 'Edit Close Window', press backspace to delete highlighted text, then click 'OK'.

and put '<Alt>F4' back,
Click on it's 'Edit Close Window' again, and type in '<Alt>F4', then click 'OK'

Then the 'Close Window' shortcut will work.
However, When Compiz gets started back up again, the shortcut is still showing as there, but no longer working, and I have to do the above steps again to get it back working.

Is there a way to to get this shortcut to work, and stay working between Compiz sessions?
P.S. Are there any other shortcuts, etc... that are affected by this?

[Alberts Muktupāvels (muktupavels)]

Does not Debian use other Compiz version? Reloaded or whatever it is called...

[BryanFRitt (bryanfritt)]

I used the a compiled version, both systems.

[BryanFRitt (bryanfritt)]

Not the one in Debian's repository.

[BryanFRitt (bryanfritt)]

compiz --version
Compiz 0.9.14.2

[Olli Helin (finnpanther)]

Were you ever able to figure this one out?
I've had the same problem for almost ten years already. The thing is, I use xbindkeys to bind Alt+F4 to close windows. My approach in fixing it is similar to yours: on startup I start xbindkeys, kill it, then start it again. The second time Alt+F4 gets bound correctly.

I am not binding Alt+F4 with Compiz at all. At some point I noticed if I have Chrome open before starting xbindkeys, it has captured Alt+F4 already.

I was never able to figure out a solution even though I've tried every now and then. I'm not sure if this is related to Compiz at all, though.