Ctrl-Alt-T and custom shortcuts lost in gsettings transition, as of 3.4.2-0ubuntu9

[Edward Donovan]

After today's Quantal upgrade, the Ctrl-Alt-T keybinding does nothing, instead of opening a terminal as expected.

From some testing, it works in 3.4.2-0ubuntu8, and disappears in 3.4.2-0ubuntu9.

Either of these changelog entries could be involved, especially the first. Maybe I'll have time to dig into that, soon. Thanks!

  * debian/patches/revert_git_a11y_gsettings.patch,
    debian/patches/revert_git_stop_using_gconf.patch,
    debian/patches/revert_git_use_gsetting_keybindings.patch:
    - drop the gconf to gsettings migration reverts (LP: #1035261)

  * debian/patches/git-mask-out-virtual-modifiers.patch
    - patch from upstream git, fix the grabbing issue of the
      keyboard shortcut with virtual (Super, Hyper, Meta) modifier.
      (lp: #950160)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 23 21:00:42 2012
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-14 (70 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ingo Gerth (igerth)]

Same problem here. This breaks my whole workflow!
See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/965921

[Ingo Gerth (igerth)]

Please see also Bug #1040081 and figure out whether it is a duplicate or not.

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

Ingo, I did decide to dupe that bug here.

And I think bug 1041169 will probably be the same. I didn't have any custom key bindings, to test. So I didn't mark that as a dupe, yet.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Ingo or others, you can set a Custom Keyboard Shortcut in System Settings>Keyboard to get Ctrl+Alt+T to open gnome-terminal.

I spent some time yesterday trying to make a gsettings override for custom keyboard shortcuts to restore this default but I haven't been successful yet. I'll continue trying to get it working this weekend.

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

Thanks Jeremy. (No pressure on my part; I just figured I should report it.)

Since it sounds like the problem is gsettings and any custom shortcuts, then bug 1041169, jibel's report of losing his custom bindings, is the same. I'll mark it as a dupe. Thanks.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1040081, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.