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Dustin Krysak (bashfulrobot) wrote : Re: [Bug 1759462] Re: Keyboard shortcuts not operational on 18.04

One thing I’ve noticed is that on budgie, when you restart the window
manager, keyboard shortcuts begin working again. I’m curious if that would
work for you…
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:50 PM Mike Edwards <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thanks for the question. My desktop is just Ubuntu. I'm not familiar
> with Budgie.
>
> I've found, though, that Ctrl Alt T works WHEN I use the right [CtRL]
> key, but not the left one. The left key does not register on the
> Keyboard Tester website, although it gives a key code of 37 when
> queried. The right key on the keyboard tester website controls both
> right and left [Ctrl] keys. This may just be a key mapping issue,
> rather than a Ubuntu issue. I can work with using the right control key
> in the interim. Of course, as a new Ubuntu user, I'm always glad to hear
> advice.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759462
>
> Title:
> Keyboard shortcuts not operational on 18.04
>
> Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> After installing 18.04, I noticed that certain keyboard shortcuts no
> longer function.
>
> It appears to be related to the shortcuts that gnome-settings-daemon
> control as my shortcuts that are provided by my desktop (Budgie) still
> function.
>
> Some examples are:
>
> * Media keys for volume up/down/mute
> * ctrl-alt-t for the terminal. I tried changing the shortcut to test.
> Same behaviour.
>
> I double checked, and it looks like the needed daemon is still
> running,
>
> ```
> dustin 3337 0.0 0.2 500736 22216 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-keyboard
> dustin 3338 0.0 0.3 943372 25732 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-media-keys
> dustin 3343 0.0 0.0 274908 5844 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-mouse
> dustin 3345 0.0 0.3 519896 25144 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-power
> dustin 3348 0.0 0.1 346004 10212 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-print-notifications
> dustin 3351 0.0 0.0 374684 7952 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-smartcard
> dustin 3355 0.0 0.1 329584 8064 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-sound
> dustin 3361 0.0 0.1 449708 9856 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-sharing
> dustin 3367 0.0 0.0 272416 4772 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-screensaver-proxy
> dustin 3375 0.0 0.0 420028 5804 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-rfkill
> dustin 3383 0.0 0.2 507120 23244 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-wacom
> dustin 3385 0.0 0.3 498040 25040 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-xsettings
> dustin 3387 0.0 0.0 274900 5936 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-a11y-settings
> dustin 3392 0.0 0.2 496016 22044 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-clipboard
> dustin 3395 0.0 0.3 810156 25976 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-color
> dustin 3396 0.0 0.2 471656 21080 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-datetime
> dustin 3400 0.0 0.0 361196 7116 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-housekeeping
> dustin 3433 0.0 0.1 505404 12576 ? Sl 21:03 0:00
> /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-printer
> dustin 9776 0.0 0.0 18188 1032 pts/1 S+ 21:19 0:00 grep
> --color=auto gnome-settings-daemon
> ```
>
> Reboot does not seem to help. However, occasionally the shortcuts do
> seem to work - but only very occasionally.
>
> Any other info needed?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.28.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME
> Date: Tue Mar 27 21:12:18 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-05 (22 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64
> (20180304)
> SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Dustin Krysak