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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> report.
> 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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> component=main; status=Incomplete; importance=Low; assignee=None;
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> Launchpad-Bug-Commenters: arauzo arter97 bashfulrobot jfbourdeau louisgag
> m1nermike nmnguyen ricklee518 seb128 tdelacro thundermind
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Dustin Krysak